GENUS HEDEOMA

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

1. small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)

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

• GENUS HEDEOMA (noun)

Meaning:

Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Hedeoma"):

American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal (erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine)

Domain region:

America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

Holonyms ("genus Hedeoma" 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)