SCUTELLARIA

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scutellaria mean? 

• SCUTELLARIA (noun)
  The noun SCUTELLARIA has 1 sense:

1. an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps

  Familiarity information: SCUTELLARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUTELLARIA (noun)

Meaning:

An asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Scutellaria; Scutellaria

Hypernyms ("Scutellaria" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Scutellaria" 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)