HyperDic: genus_molucella

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Molucella:
NOUNplantgenus Molucella, Molucellasmall genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions
English > genus Molucella: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningsmall genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated.
SynonymMolucella
Member ofLabiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint familyA 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
Membersmolucca balm, bells of Ireland, Molucella laevisaromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishgenus molucella, molucella
Catalangenus molucella, molucella

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