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PRUNELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Prunellidae
Synonyms:
genus Prunella; Prunella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Prunella" is a kind of...):
bird genus (a genus of birds)
Meronyms (members of "Prunella"):
accentor (small sparrow-like songbird of mountainous regions of Eurasia)
Holonyms ("Prunella" is a member of...):
family Prunellidae; Prunellidae (hedge sparrow)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers
Synonyms:
genus Prunella; Prunella
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Prunella" is a kind of...):
asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)
Meronyms (members of "Prunella"):
heal all; Prunella vulgaris; self-heal (decumbent blue-flowered European perennial thought to possess healing properties; naturalized throughout North America)
Holonyms ("Prunella" 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)
