spike lavender
noun
a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale-purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting.
Origin of spike lavender
1First recorded in 1890–95
Words Nearby spike lavender
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How to use spike lavender in a sentence
spike lavender or French lavender; also the male lavender, spica nardi, or pseudo-nardus of old writers.
British Dictionary definitions for spike lavender
spike lavender
noun
a Mediterranean lavender plant, Lavandula latifolia, having pale purple flowers and yielding an oil used in paints
Origin of spike lavender
1C17: from dialect spick lavender, via Old French and Old Provençal from Latin spīca spike ²
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