lavandula

[From Lat. lavo to wash, from the use made of its distilled water.] Botany : Lavender. A genus of Labiatæ, family Nepetide. [LAVENDER.] la-văn-du-lane, la-văn-du-lāte, subst. [Lat. lavendula lavender. Named by Breithaupt.] Min .: An amorphous mineral with a greasy luster. Hardne . 2.5-3; specific gravity, 3'014; color, lavender-blue: streak, paler; translucent; fracture, conchoidal. Contains arsenic and the oxides of cobalt, nickel, and copper. Occurs at Annaberg, Saxony. Dana makes it a sub-species of Erythrite (q. v.).