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GENUS POGOSTEMON
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
Synonyms:
genus Pogostemon; Pogostemon
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Pogostemon" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pogostemon"):
pachouli; patchouli; patchouly; Pogostemon cablin (small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes)
Holonyms ("genus Pogostemon" 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)
