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ACINOS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha

Synonyms:

Acinos; genus Acinos

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Acinos"):

Acinos arvensis; basil balm; basil thyme; mother of thyme; Satureja acinos (fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America)

Holonyms ("Acinos" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

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