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GENUS GALEOPSIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Galeopsis mean? 

GENUS GALEOPSIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS GALEOPSIS has 1 sense:

1. erect annual European herbsplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS GALEOPSIS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS GALEOPSIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Erect annual European herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Galeopsis; genus Galeopsis

Hypernyms ("genus Galeopsis" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Galeopsis"):

dead nettle; Galeopsis tetrahit; hemp nettle (coarse bristly Eurasian plant with white or reddish flowers and foliage resembling that of a nettle; common as a weed in United States)

Holonyms ("genus Galeopsis" 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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