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GENUS PLECTRANTHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Plectranthus mean?
• GENUS PLECTRANTHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PLECTRANTHUS has 1 sense:
1. large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleus
Familiarity information: GENUS PLECTRANTHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleus
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("genus Plectranthus" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Plectranthus"):
plectranthus (any of various ornamental plants of the genus Plectranthus)
Holonyms ("genus Plectranthus" 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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