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PYCNANTHEMUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Synonyms:
genus Koellia; genus Pycnanthemum; Koellia; Pycnanthemum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Pycnanthemum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Pycnanthemum"):
mountain mint (any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California)
Holonyms ("Pycnanthemum" 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)