French lavender

Definitions of French lavender
  1. noun
    Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
    synonyms: Lavandula latifolia, spike lavender
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    lavender
    any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
  2. noun
    shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
    synonyms: Lavandula stoechas
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    lavender
    any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
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