Lavender
Lavender is a type of
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found on almost all continents. It has a purplish
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. It has a colour named after it, called lavendar. Its Latin and
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name is Lavandula.
Lavenders are very popular among gardeners. Sometimes their petals are dried and sealed in pouches for good
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, and sometimes put inside clothes to prevent moths, who can damage the clothes.
Lavenders are also used in cake decorating, because the flowers can become
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. Sometimes they are used in flavoring baked goods and chocolate desserts, and sometimes they use it to make a very delicious "lavender sugar". Lavender
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are also used to make tea. The French make lavender syrup, which is used to make lavender
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and lavender
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Lavenders are sometimes put in
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, too, and sometimes to prevent infection - such as lavender oil, that was used in World War 1 to disinfect walls and floors of the hospital. As the folk wisdom says, lavender oil is also helpful to headaches when rubbed on your temple, and lavender tea helps you relax before bed time. Lavender also is very helpful when applied to
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bites.