English > Leonotis: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa. |
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Synonym | genus Leonotis |
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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 |
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Members | dagga, Cape dagga, red dagga, wilde dagga, Leonotis leonurus | relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco |
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lion's-ear, Leonotis nepetaefolia, Leonotis nepetifolia | pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers |
Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus leonotis, leonotis |
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Catalan | genus leonotis, leonotis |
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