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Definition of Spike lavender
1. Noun. Mediterranean plant with pale purple flowers that yields spike lavender oil.
Generic synonyms: Lavender
Terms within: Spike Lavender Oil, Spike Oil
Definition of Spike lavender
1. Noun. A species of lavender, ''Lavandula latifolia'' ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Spike Lavender
Literary usage of Spike lavender
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on Animal and Vegetable Fats and Oils: Comprising Both by William Theodore Brannt, Karl Schaedler (1896)
"spike lavender has a strong, but less agreeable odor than ... spike lavender oil
is limpid, becoming thicker by exposure to air and by age ; when fresh it ..."
2. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1898)
"Oil of spike lavender—Adulteration with Rosemary Oil.—John C. Umney calls attention
to certain variations observed in the so-called spike lavender oil at ..."
3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1898)
"Oil of spike lavender—Adulteration with Rosemary Oil.—John C. Umney calls attention
to certain variations observed in the so-called spike lavender oil at ..."
4. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology: Comprising All Organic and by David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth (1917)
"... quantity proves the adulteration with oil of spike lavender. ... Oil of
turpentine — less soluble in alcohol; oil of spike lavender — greener, ..."
5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1911)
"Spike-lavender Oil. This oil is obtained by the distillation of the flowering
herb, Lavan- dula spica. It is a pale yellow oil, with an odour resembling at ..."
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