GENUS ACINOS

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acinos mean? 

• GENUS ACINOS (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACINOS has 1 sense:

1. plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACINOS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ACINOS (noun)

Meaning:

Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Acinos; genus Acinos

Hypernyms ("genus Acinos" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Acinos"):

Acinos arvensis; basil balm; basil thyme; mother of thyme; Satureja acinos (fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America)

Holonyms ("genus Acinos" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary)