French lavender
noun
A perennial species of lavender, Lavandula stoechas, native to the Mediterranean but commonly grown in gardens for its spikes of pink-purple flowers.
Origin
Mid 16th century; earliest use found in William Turner (d. 1568), naturalist and religious controversialist.
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