blephilia (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Blephilia*:
NOUN	plant	Blephilia, genus Blephilia	small genus of North American herbs

English > *Blephilia*: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaning	small genus of North American herbs: wood mints.
Synonym	genus Blephilia
Member of	Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family 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
Members	downy wood mint, Blephilia celiata	A variety of wood mint
	hairy wood mint, Blephilia hirsuta	A variety of wood mint
	wood mint	American herb of genus Blephilia with more or less hairy leaves and clusters of purplish or bluish flowers
Broader	asterid dicot genus	genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanish	blephilia, genus blephilia
Catalan	blephilia, Blephilia, genus blephilia

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