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ROSMARINUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Rosemary

Synonyms:

genus Rosmarinus; Rosmarinus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Rosmarinus" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Rosmarinus"):

rosemary; Rosmarinus officinalis (widely cultivated for its fragrant grey-green leaves used in cooking and in perfumery)

Holonyms ("Rosmarinus" 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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