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 

• FRENCH LAVENDER (noun)

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)