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    LYCOPUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small genus of herbs of the mint familyplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Lycopus; Lycopus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

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

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

    Meronyms (members of "Lycopus"):

    bugleweed; Lycopus virginicus (a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States)

    Lycopus americanus; water horehound (aromatic perennial herb of United States)

    gipsywort; gypsywort; Lycopus europaeus (hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers)

    Holonyms ("Lycopus" 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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