Akademik

Agastache

noun

giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop

• Syn: ↑genus Agastache

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑giant hyssop

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\\əˈgastə(ˌ)kē\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Greek agan very much + stachys ear of grain — more at sting

: a genus of No. American herbs (family Labiatae) having opposite toothed leaves and dense terminal spikes of 2-lipped flowers — see giant hyssop

Useful english dictionary. 2012.