LAVANDULA LATIFOLIA

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Meaning:

Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil

Synonyms:

French lavender; Lavandula latifolia; spike lavender

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Lavandula latifolia" is a kind of...):

lavender (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)

Meronyms (substance of "Lavandula latifolia"):

spike lavender oil; spike oil (pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics)

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