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GENUS LEONOTIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa
Synonyms:
genus Leonotis; Leonotis
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Leonotis" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "genus Leonotis"):
Cape dagga; dagga; Leonotis leonurus; red dagga; wilde dagga (relatively nontoxic South African herb smoked like tobacco)
Leonotis nepetaefolia; Leonotis nepetifolia; lion's-ear (pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States)
Holonyms ("genus Leonotis" 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)
