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    GENUS HEDEOMA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)play

    Synonyms:

    genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("genus Hedeoma" is a kind of...):

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Hedeoma"):

    American pennyroyal; Hedeoma pulegioides; pennyroyal (erect hairy branching American herb having purple-blue flowers; yields an essential oil used as an insect repellent and sometimes in folk medicine)

    Domain region:

    America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776)

    Holonyms ("genus Hedeoma" 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)

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