LAVANDULA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lavandula mean? 

• LAVANDULA (noun)
  The noun LAVANDULA has 1 sense:

1. lavender

  Familiarity information: LAVANDULA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• LAVANDULA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Lavender

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lavandula; Lavandula

Hypernyms ("Lavandula" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Lavandula"):

lavender (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)

Holonyms ("Lavandula" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

 Context examples 

The scientific name is Lavandula angustifolia.

(English lavender, NCI Dictionary)

The essential oil extracted from the flowers of several species of Lavandula.

(Lavender Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The essential oil extracted from the flowering tops of Lavandula x intermedia.

(Lavandin Oil, NCI Thesaurus)