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LEPECHINIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae
Synonyms:
genus Lepechinia; genus Sphacele; Lepechinia; Sphacele
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lepechinia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Lepechinia"):
Lepechinia calycina; pitcher sage; Sphacele calycina (California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers)
Holonyms ("Lepechinia" 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)
