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Lavender Bud
Lavandula angustifolia
The dried purple buds of Mediterranean lavender — used carefully in herbes de Provence, shortbread, lemonade, and infused honey.
If you've been searching for spices that start with L, you'll find 3 detailed spices below. We're not interested in giving you only a list of names — every entry on this page links to a full profile with the kind of detail you'd actually want to know.
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Table of contents
| Lavender Bud | Liquorice | Long Pepper |
List of Spices That Start With L
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Liquorice
Glycyrrhiza glabra
A sweet, woody root with anise undertones — boiled down for candy in Scandinavia and chewed as a digestive across the Middle East.
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Long Pepper
Piper longum
A cone-shaped catkin of fused tiny fruits with the heat of pepper and a sweeter, more complex aromatic warmth — once Europe's favorite spice, now a rarity.
About spices starting with L
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