PHYSOSTEGIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does physostegia mean? 

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

1. any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• PHYSOSTEGIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

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

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "physostegia"):

false dragon head; false dragonhead; obedient plant; Physostegia virginiana (North American plant having a spike of two-lipped pink or white flowers)

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

genus Physostegia (genus of North American perennial herbs)