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elsholtzia

noun

any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Elsholtzia having blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑genus Elsholtzia

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\\elˈshōltsēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Johann S. Elsholtz died 1688 German physician and botanist + New Latin -ia

: a genus of chiefly Asiatic aromatic herbs (family Labiatae) with blue or purple flowers in one-sided spikes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.