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Trichostema

noun

genus of North American aromatic herbs or subshrubs: blue curls

• Syn: ↑genus Trichostema

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family

• Member Meronyms: ↑blue curls, ↑black sage, ↑wooly blue curls, ↑California romero, ↑Trichostema lanatum

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\\ˌtrikəˈstēmə, trə̇ˈkästəmə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from trich- + Greek stēma stamen, from stēmōn thread — more at stamen

: a genus of No. American herbs or undershrubs (family Labiatae) having axillary whorls of small blue flowers with four exserted stamens and a deeply lobed ovary — see black sage, blue curls

Useful english dictionary. 2012.