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GENUS MONARDELLA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Monardella mean?
• GENUS MONARDELLA (noun)
The noun GENUS MONARDELLA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States
Familiarity information: GENUS MONARDELLA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Monardella; Monardella
Hypernyms ("genus Monardella" is a kind of...):
dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)
Meronyms (members of "genus Monardella"):
Monardella lanceolata; mustang mint (fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Monardella" 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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