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A plant genus of the LAMIACEAE family.

Lavender; a perfume; also a stimulant.

Lavendula, from lavo, 'I wash;' so called from being used in baths. Lavandula spica (Linnaeus) seu angustifolia seu officinalis seu vera, Common Lavender, (F.) Lavande. Ord. Labiatae. The odour of lavender flowers, Lavandula (Ph. U. S.), is fragrant and agreeable; taste warm and bitterish-depending upon an essential oil. It has been used as a stimulant; particularly in the form of the oil, -Oleum lavandulae. The dried leaves have been employed as an errhine. The French use, also, Lavandula Staechas, Staechas et Stichas Arabica, French Lavender, of which they have a compound syrup, Syrupus de stoechade compositus: given as a pectoral.

A genus of labiate plants, the lavenders.

Lavender flowers.

n. A genus of shrubs of the order Labiata, producing beautiful and fragrant flowers. From one species is procured the oil of spike, used in porcelain painting and varnish-making; from another, the essential oil of lavender.