noun
large widely distributed genus of perennial herbs or shrubs or subshrubs; native to Mediterranean region to western Asia
• Syn: ↑Teucrium
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
• Member Meronyms: ↑germander
Useful english dictionary. 2012.