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.