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English > 1 sense of the word Clinopodium:
NOUNplantClinopodium, genus Clinopodiumwild basil
English > Clinopodium: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
Meaningwild basil.
Synonymgenus Clinopodium
Member ofLabiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint familyA large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint
Memberswild basil, cushion calamint, Clinopodium vulgare, Satureja vulgarisaromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs