GENUS KOELLIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Koellia mean? 

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

1. American mountain mint

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS KOELLIA (noun)

Meaning:

American mountain mint

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Koellia; genus Pycnanthemum; Koellia; Pycnanthemum

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Koellia"):

mountain mint (any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California)

Holonyms ("genus Koellia" 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)