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COLLINSONIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Collinsonia mean?
• COLLINSONIA (noun)
The noun COLLINSONIA has 1 sense:
1. small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States
Familiarity information: COLLINSONIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Collinsonia; genus Collinsonia
Hypernyms ("Collinsonia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Collinsonia"):
Collinsonia canadensis; horse balm; horseweed; richweed; stone-root; stone root; stoneroot (erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States)
Holonyms ("Collinsonia" 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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