CLINOPODIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Clinopodium mean? 

• CLINOPODIUM (noun)
  The noun CLINOPODIUM has 1 sense:

1. wild basil

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CLINOPODIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Wild basil

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Clinopodium; genus Clinopodium

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Clinopodium"):

Clinopodium vulgare; cushion calamint; Satureja vulgaris; wild basil (aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia)

Holonyms ("Clinopodium" 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)