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GENUS MICROMERIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Micromeria mean? 

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

1. large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS MICROMERIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Micromeria; Micromeria

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Micromeria"):

Micromeria chamissonis; Micromeria douglasii; Satureja douglasii; yerba buena (trailing perennial evergreen herb of northwestern United States with small white flowers; used medicinally)

Micromeria juliana; savory (dwarf aromatic shrub of Mediterranean regions)

Holonyms ("genus Micromeria" 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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