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GENUS SOLENOSTEMON
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia; includes some plants often placed in genus Coleus
Synonyms:
genus Solenostemon; Solenostemon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Solenostemon" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Holonyms ("genus Solenostemon" 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)