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GENUS PHLOMIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Phlomis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Phlomis"):
phlomis (any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage)
Jerusalem sage; Phlomis fruticosa (a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers)
Holonyms ("genus Phlomis" 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)
