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GENUS MARRUBIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Old World aromatic herbs: horehound
Synonyms:
genus Marrubium; Marrubium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Marrubium" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Marrubium"):
horehound (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium)
Holonyms ("genus Marrubium" 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)