Definition of Lavandula latifolia

1. Noun. Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil.

Exact synonyms: French Lavender, Spike Lavender
Generic synonyms: Lavender
Terms within: Spike Lavender Oil, Spike Oil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lavandula Latifolia

Lauritz Lebrecht Hommel Melchior
Lauritz Melchior
Laurus nobilis
Laurussia
Lausanne
Lautaro Faction of the United Popular Action Movem
Lautaro Popular Rebel Forces
Lautaro Youth Movement
Lauth's canal
Lauth's ligament
Lauth's violet
Lava
Laval
Lavandula
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavandula latifolia
Lavandula officinalis
Lavandula stoechas
Lavasan
Lavatera
Lavatera arborea
Lavdovsky's nucleoid
Laverania
Lavern
Laverna
Laverne
Lavigne
Lavinia
Lavoisier
Lavrenti Pavlovich Beria

Literary usage of Lavandula latifolia

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Select Extra-tropical Plants, Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1895)
"... lb. for oil distilled from plants reared on the Lower Ovens-River. In tropical countries the Lavender likes some shade. lavandula latifolia, C. Bauhin. ..."

2. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"lavandula latifolia. Bauh. pin. 216. Broad-leav'd common Lavender. Nat. of the South of Europe. . Cult. 1568. Turn. herb, part 3. p. 38. ..."

3. Hand-book of Chemistry by Leopold Gmelin, Henry Watts (1860)
"Spike- oil, Huile d'aspic, in the leaves and flowers of lavandula latifolia. (Ehrhardt.) Extraction. Fresh or dried lavender flowers stripped from the ..."

4. Wöhler's Outlines of Organic Chemistry by Friedrich Wöhler, Ira Remsen, Rudolph Fittig (1873)
"... oils of lavender and spike, in the blossoms and leaves of Lavandula angustifolia and lavandula latifolia ; oil of camphor trees, the oil in elemi, ..."

5. Plant-geography Upon a Physiological Basis by Andreas Franz Wilhelm Schimper (1903)
"... there are always found accompanying Quercus Ilex in France, thirteen other species of plants, amongst them Cistus monspeliensis, lavandula latifolia, ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1910)
"... lavandula latifolia and /,. officinalis var. fragrans, which is fairly common in the neighborhood of Lyons, and yields a coarse inferior oil. 2. ..."

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