Lavandula angustifolia, Lavandula officinalis
Synonyms:
True Lavender, Xun Yi Cao
Categories: Ayurvedic Medicine, Essential Oil, Food, Homeopathic Medicine, Medicinal Plant, Oil, Powder, Russian Folk Medicine, Tea, Tincture, Traditional African Medicine, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Unani Medicine
Lavender (Wiktionary)
English
Etymology
From Middle English lavendre, from Anglo-Norman lavendre (French: lavande), from Medieval Latin lavendula, possibly from Latin lividus (“bluish”), but influenced by lavare (“wash”) due to use of lavender in washing clothes.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈlæv.ən.də/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈlæv.ən.dɚ/
Noun
lavender (countable and uncountable, plural
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