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MOLUCELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivated
Synonyms:
genus Molucella; Molucella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Molucella" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Molucella"):
bells of Ireland; molucca balm; Molucella laevis (aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx)
Holonyms ("Molucella" 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)
