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FRENCH LAVENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does French lavender mean?
• FRENCH LAVENDER (noun)
The noun FRENCH LAVENDER has 2 senses:
1. Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
2. shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
Familiarity information: FRENCH LAVENDER used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
French lavender; Lavandula latifolia; spike lavender
Hypernyms ("French lavender" 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 "French lavender"):
spike lavender oil; spike oil (pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
French lavender; Lavandula stoechas
Hypernyms ("French lavender" is a kind of...):
lavender (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)
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