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FRENCH LAVENDER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers
Synonyms:
French lavender; Lavandula stoechas
Classified under:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil
Synonyms:
French lavender; Lavandula latifolia; spike lavender
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
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)
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