SPHACELE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sphacele mean? 

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

1. a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPHACELE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Lepechinia; genus Sphacele; Lepechinia; Sphacele

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

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

Meronyms (members of "Sphacele"):

Lepechinia calycina; pitcher sage; Sphacele calycina (California plant with woolly stems and leaves and large white flowers)

Holonyms ("Sphacele" 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)