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GENUS PRUNELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Prunella mean? 

GENUS PRUNELLA (noun)
  The noun GENUS PRUNELLA has 2 senses:

1. small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowersplay

2. type genus of the Prunellidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS PRUNELLA used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS PRUNELLA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Prunella; Prunella

Hypernyms ("genus Prunella" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Prunella"):

heal all; Prunella vulgaris; self-heal (decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America)

Holonyms ("genus Prunella" is a member of...):

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)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Type genus of the Prunellidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Prunella; Prunella

Hypernyms ("genus Prunella" is a kind of...):

bird genus (a genus of birds)

Meronyms (members of "genus Prunella"):

accentor (small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia)

Holonyms ("genus Prunella" is a member of...):

family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)


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