Meaning | small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated. |
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Synonym | genus Molucella |
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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 | molucca balm, bells of Ireland, Molucella laevis | aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx |
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Broader | asterid dicot genus | genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs |
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Spanish | genus molucella, molucella |
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Catalan | genus molucella, molucella |
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