GENUS SPHACELE
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sphacele mean? • GENUS SPHACELE (noun)
The noun GENUS SPHACELE has 1 sense:
1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae
Familiarity information: GENUS SPHACELE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS SPHACELE (noun)
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Lepechinia; genus Sphacele; Lepechinia; Sphacele
Hypernyms ("genus Sphacele" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Sphacele"):
Lepechinia calycina; pitcher sage; Sphacele calycina (California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Sphacele" 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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