spike lavender oil

  • 1spike lavender oil — noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics • Syn: ↑spike oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑spike lavender, ↑French lavender, ↑Lavandula latifolia * * * …

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  • 2spike lavender — noun Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil • Syn: ↑French lavender, ↑Lavandula latifolia • Hypernyms: ↑lavender • Substance Meronyms: ↑spike lavender oil, ↑spike oil * * …

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  • 3Spike lavender — Lavender Lav en*der, n. [OE. lavendre, F. lavande, It. lavanda lavender, a washing, fr. L. lavare to wash; cf. It. lsavendola, LL. lavendula. So called because it was used in bathing and washing. See {Lave}. to wash, and cf. {Lavender}.] 1.… …

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  • 4spike lavender — n. a European lavender mint (Lavandula latifolia) that yields an oil used in art …

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  • 5Lavender oil — A glass vial of pure essential oil of lavender Lavender oil is an essential oil obtained by distillation from the flower spikes of certain species of lavender. Two forms are distinguished, lavender flower oil, a colorless oil, insoluble in water …

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  • 6spike lavender — spike′ lav ender n. pln a lavender mint, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale purple flowers: yields an oil used in paints • Etymology: 1890–95 …

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  • 7spike lavender — /spaɪk ˈlævəndə/ (say spuyk lavuhnduh) noun a species of lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale purple flowers, and yielding an oil (oil of spike) used in painting, etc …

  • 8spike lavender — a lavender, Lavandula latifolia, having spikes of pale purple flowers, and yielding an oil used in painting. [1890 95] * * * …

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  • 9spike oil — noun pale yellow essential oil obtained from spike lavender used in scenting soaps and cosmetics • Syn: ↑spike lavender oil • Hypernyms: ↑oil • Substance Holonyms: ↑spike lavender, ↑French lavender, ↑Lavandula latifolia …

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  • 10lavender — /lav euhn deuhr/, n. 1. a pale bluish purple. 2. any Old World plant or shrub belonging to the genus Lavandula, of the mint family, esp. L. angustifolia, having spikes of fragrant, pale purple flowers. 3. the dried flowers or other parts of this… …

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