KOELLIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Koellia mean? 

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

1. American mountain mint

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• KOELLIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

American mountain mint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Koellia; genus Pycnanthemum; Koellia; Pycnanthemum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Koellia"):

mountain mint (any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California)

Holonyms ("Koellia" 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)