MONARDELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monardella mean? 

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

1. a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONARDELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Monardella; Monardella

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

dicot genus; magnoliopsid genus (genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination)

Meronyms (members of "Monardella"):

Monardella lanceolata; mustang mint (fragrant California annual herb having lanceolate leaves and clusters of rose-purple flowers)

Holonyms ("Monardella" 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)