GENUS PHLOMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Phlomis mean? 

• GENUS PHLOMIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS PHLOMIS has 1 sense:

1. large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS PHLOMIS (noun)

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Meaning:

Large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves

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Nouns denoting plants

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

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

Meronyms (members of "genus Phlomis"):

phlomis (any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage)

Jerusalem sage; Phlomis fruticosa (a spreading subshrub of Mediterranean regions cultivated for dense axillary whorls of purple or yellow flowers)

Holonyms ("genus Phlomis" 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)