genus Lavandula


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Noun1.genus Lavandula - lavendergenus Lavandula - lavender        
Lavandula
asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
lavender - any of various Old World aromatic shrubs or subshrubs with usually mauve or blue flowers; widely cultivated
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Within the family Labiatae, genus Lavandula is the most common commercially applied and grown for oil production.
Physical and aerodynamic properties of lavender in relation to harvest mechanisation
The genus Lavandula. In: Book Series: Medicinal and Aromatic Plants-Industrial Profiles, Vol.
Chemical Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of Essential Oils of Lavender (Lavandula angustifolia) and Lavandin (Lavandula x intermedia) Grown in Western Romania
The genus Lavandula contains at least 28 different species (Barrett, 1996).
Effects of lavender oil inhalation on improving scopolamine-induced spatial memory impairment in laboratory rats

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