OCIMUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ocimum mean? • OCIMUM (noun)
The noun OCIMUM has 1 sense:
1. basil
Familiarity information: OCIMUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OCIMUM (noun)
Meaning:
Basil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Ocimum; Ocimum
Hypernyms ("Ocimum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Ocimum"):
basil (any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum)
Holonyms ("Ocimum" 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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