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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)

Sense 1

genus Pogostemon ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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)

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