GENUS ELSHOLTZIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Elsholtzia mean? 

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

1. genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ELSHOLTZIA (noun)

Meaning:

Genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Elsholtzia"):

elsholtzia (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes)

Holonyms ("genus Elsholtzia" 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)