English > Pogostemon: 1 sense > noun 1, plantMeaning | genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oil. |
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Synonym | genus Pogostemon |
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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 | patchouli, patchouly, pachouli, Pogostemon cablin | small East Indian shrubby mint |
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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 pogostemon, pogostemon |
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Catalan | genus pogostemon, pogostemon |
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