PHLOMIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does phlomis mean? 

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

1. any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHLOMIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Phlomis; grown primarily for their dense whorls of lipped flowers and attractive foliage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

subshrub; suffrutex (low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base)

Holonyms ("phlomis" is a member of...):

genus Phlomis (large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves)