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LYCOPUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of herbs of the mint family
Synonyms:
genus Lycopus; Lycopus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lycopus" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Lycopus"):
bugleweed; Lycopus virginicus (a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States)
Lycopus americanus; water horehound (aromatic perennial herb of United States)
gipsywort; gypsywort; Lycopus europaeus (hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers)
Holonyms ("Lycopus" 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)
