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GENUS DRACOCEPHALUM
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mint family: dragonheads
Synonyms:
Dracocephalum; genus Dracocephalum
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Dracocephalum" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Dracocephalum"):
Dracocephalum parviflorum; dragon's head; dragonhead (American herb having sharply serrate lanceolate leaves and spikes of blue to violet flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Dracocephalum" 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)
