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    LEONOTIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africaplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Leonotis; Leonotis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Leonotis" is a kind of...):

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

    Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)

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