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SPIKE LAVENDER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does spike lavender mean?
• SPIKE LAVENDER (noun)
The noun SPIKE LAVENDER has 1 sense:
1. Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
Familiarity information: SPIKE LAVENDER used as a noun is very 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 ("spike 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 "spike lavender"):
spike lavender oil; spike oil (pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics)
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