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COLLINSONIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United States
Synonyms:
Collinsonia; genus Collinsonia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Collinsonia" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Collinsonia"):
Collinsonia canadensis; horse balm; horseweed; richweed; stone-root; stone root; stoneroot (erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States)
Holonyms ("Collinsonia" is a member of...):
family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; 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; thyme; sage; rosemary)
