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GENUS OCIMUM

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Basil

Synonyms:

genus Ocimum; Ocimum

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("genus Ocimum" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Ocimum"):

basil (any of several Old World tropical aromatic annual or perennial herbs of the genus Ocimum)

Holonyms ("genus Ocimum" 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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