noun
genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls
• Syn: ↑genus Leonurus
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
• Member Meronyms: ↑motherwort, ↑Leonurus cardiaca
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\\ˌlēəˈn(y)u̇rəs\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a genus of stout Old World herbs (family Labiatae) having cut-lobed leaves, close whorls of axillary flowers and angled nutlets — see motherwort
Useful english dictionary. 2012.