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Leonotis

noun

small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africa

• Syn: ↑genus Leonotis

• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus

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

• Member Meronyms:

↑dagga, ↑Cape dagga, ↑red dagga, ↑wilde dagga, ↑Leonotis leonurus, ↑lion's-ear, ↑Leonotis nepetaefolia, ↑Leonotis nepetifolia

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈnōd.ə̇s\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leōn lion + ōt-, ous ear — more at lion, ear

: a small genus of tropical herbs or low shrubs (family Labiatae) of southern Africa with whorls of showy very irregular red, yellow, or white flowers — see dagga 2

Useful english dictionary. 2012.