GENUS POGOSTEMON
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pogostemon mean?
• GENUS POGOSTEMON (noun)
The noun GENUS POGOSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
Familiarity information: GENUS POGOSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS POGOSTEMON (noun)
Meaning:
Genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pogostemon; Pogostemon
Hypernyms ("genus Pogostemon" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pogostemon"):
pachouli; patchouli; patchouly; Pogostemon cablin (small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes)
Holonyms ("genus Pogostemon" 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)