noun
1. small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowers
• Syn: ↑Prunella
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
• Member Meronyms: ↑self-heal, ↑heal all, ↑Prunella vulgaris
2. type genus of the Prunellidae
• Syn: ↑Prunella
• Hypernyms: ↑bird genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Prunellidae, ↑family Prunellidae
• Member Meronyms: ↑accentor
Useful english dictionary. 2012.