DRACOCEPHALUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Dracocephalum mean? 

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

1. genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• DRACOCEPHALUM (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Dracocephalum; genus Dracocephalum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Dracocephalum"):

Dracocephalum parviflorum; dragon's head; dragonhead (American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers)

Holonyms ("Dracocephalum" 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)