spike lavender


noun
  1. a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.

Origin of spike lavender

1
First recorded in 1890–95

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spike lavender

noun
  1. a Mediterranean lavender plant, Lavandula latifolia, having pale purple flowers and yielding an oil used in paints

Origin of spike lavender

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C17: from dialect spick lavender, via Old French and Old Provençal from Latin spīca spike ²

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