MOLUCELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Molucella mean? 

• MOLUCELLA (noun)
  The noun MOLUCELLA has 1 sense:

1. small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated

  Familiarity information: MOLUCELLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MOLUCELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Molucella; Molucella

Hypernyms ("Molucella" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "Molucella"):

bells of Ireland; molucca balm; Molucella laevis (aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx)

Holonyms ("Molucella" 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)