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POGOSTEMON
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Pogostemon mean?
• POGOSTEMON (noun)
The noun POGOSTEMON has 1 sense:
1. genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
Familiarity information: POGOSTEMON used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
genus Pogostemon; Pogostemon
Hypernyms ("Pogostemon" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Pogostemon"):
pachouli; patchouli; patchouly; Pogostemon cablin (small East Indian shrubby mint; fragrant oil from its leaves is used in perfumes)
Holonyms ("Pogostemon" 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)
Context examples
The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Pogostemon cablin.
(Patchouli Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
The scientific name is Pogostemon cablin
(Patchouli, NCI Dictionary)
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