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HEDEOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hedeoma mean? 

HEDEOMA (noun)
  The noun HEDEOMA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)play

  Familiarity information: HEDEOMA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HEDEOMA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma

Hypernyms ("Hedeoma" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Hedeoma"):

American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal (erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Holonyms ("Hedeoma" 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)


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