lavandula

See also: Lavandula and lavándula

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin; perhaps from Latin līvidus (“bluish”) and influenced by lavanda (“washing”).

Noun

lavandula f (plural lavandule)

lavender
Synonym: lavanda

Further reading

“lavender”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

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