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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 oilplay

  Familiarity information: SPIKE LAVENDER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SPIKE 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 ("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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