Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun french_lavender

2 senses of french lavender

Sense 1
spike lavender, French lavender, Lavandula latifolia -- (Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil)
       => lavender -- (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)

Sense 2
French lavender, Lavandula stoechas -- (shrubby greyish lavender of southwestern Europe having usually reddish-purple flowers)
       => lavender -- (any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated)