Akademik

Blephilia

noun

small genus of North American herbs: wood mints

• Syn: ↑genus Blephilia

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family

• Member Meronyms: ↑wood mint, ↑hairy wood mint, ↑Blephilia hirsuta, ↑downy wood mint, ↑Blephilia celiata

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\\blə̇ˈfilēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek blepharis eyelash

: a small genus of No. American herbs (family Labiatae) with opposite hairy leaves and purplish or bluish flowers in dense clusters

Useful english dictionary. 2012.