POGOSTEMON CABLIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pogostemon cablin mean? 

• POGOSTEMON CABLIN (noun)
  The noun POGOSTEMON CABLIN has 1 sense:

1. small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

  Familiarity information: POGOSTEMON CABLIN used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• POGOSTEMON CABLIN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

pachouli; patchouli; patchouly; Pogostemon cablin

Hypernyms ("Pogostemon cablin" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("Pogostemon cablin" is a member of...):

genus Pogostemon; Pogostemon (genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Pogostemon cablin.

(Patchouli Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The scientific name is Pogostemon cablin

(Patchouli, NCI Dictionary)