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Leonurus

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\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek leōn lion + New Latin -urus

: 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.