English > family Lamiaceae: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | 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. |
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| Synonyms | Labiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family |
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| Member of | Polemoniales, order Polemoniales | Polemoniaceae |
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| Members | Acinos, genus Acinos | plants closely allied to the genera ... / genera Satureja and Calamintha |
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| Agastache, genus Agastache | giant hyssop |
| Ajuga, genus Ajuga | bugle |
| Ballota, genus Ballota | perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area |
| Blephilia, genus Blephilia | small genus of North American herbs |
| Calamintha, genus Calamintha | calamint |
| Clinopodium, genus Clinopodium | wild basil |
| Collinsonia, genus Collinsonia | small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs |
| Conradina, genus Conradina | small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United States |
| Dracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum | genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family |
| Galeopsis, genus Galeopsis | Erect annual European herbs |
| Glechoma, genus Glechoma | ground ivy |
| Hedeoma, genus Hedeoma | small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal) |
| Hyssopus, genus Hyssopus | Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubs |
| Lamium, genus Lamium | genus of Old World herbs |
| Lavandula, genus Lavandula | lavender |
| Leonotis, genus Leonotis | small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa |
| Leonurus, genus Leonurus | genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls |
| Lepechinia, genus Lepechinia, Sphacele, genus Sphacele | A dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae |
| Lycopus, genus Lycopus | small genus of herbs of the mint family |
| Majorana, genus Majorana | small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanum |
| Marrubium, genus Marrubium | (Old World aromatic herbs) horehound |
| Melissa, genus Melissa | A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae |
| Mentha, genus Mentha | mint plants |
| Micromeria, genus Micromeria | large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbs |
| Molucella, genus Molucella | small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions |
| Monardella, genus Monardella | A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States |
| Nepeta, genus Nepeta | catmint |
| Ocimum, genus Ocimum | basil |
| Perilla, genus Perilla | small genus of Asiatic herbs |
| Pogostemon, genus Pogostemon | genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil |
| Prunella, genus Prunella | small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers |
| Pycnanthemum, genus Pycnanthemum, Koellia, genus Koellia | American mountain mint |
| Rosmarinus, genus Rosmarinus | rosemary |
| Satureja, genus Satureja, Satureia, genus Satureia | Savory |
| Scutellaria, genus Scutellaria | An asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcaps |
| Sideritis, genus Sideritis | genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region |
| Solenostemon, genus Solenostemon | genus of shrubby often succulent herbs of tropical Africa and Asia |
| Stachys, genus Stachys | large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs |
| Teucrium, genus Teucrium | large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs |
| Thymus, genus Thymus | large genus of Old World mints |
| Trichostema, genus Trichostema | genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs |
| genus Coleus | genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves |
| genus Elsholtzia | genus of Asiatic / Asiatic and African aromatic herbs |
| genus Monarda | wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm / beebalm |
| genus Origanum | A genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiatae |
| genus Phlomis | large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leaves |
| genus Physostegia | genus of North American perennial herbs |
| genus Plectranthus | large genus of ornamental flowering plants |
| genus Salvia | large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit |
| Narrower | mint | Any member of the mint family of plants |
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| Broader | asterid dicot family | family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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| Spanish | labiadas, Labiatae |
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| Catalan | labiades, Labiatae, Lamiaceae |
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