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spike lavender

noun

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

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1890–95

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spike lavender

—n
	a Mediterranean lavender plant, Lavandula latifolia, having pale purple flowers and yielding an oil used in paints

[C17: from dialect spick lavender, via Old French and Old Provençal from Latin spīca spike²]

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