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Monardella

noun

a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States

• Syn: ↑genus Monardella

• Hypernyms: ↑dicot genus, ↑magnoliopsid genus

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

• Member Meronyms: ↑mustang mint, ↑Monardella lanceolata

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\\ˌmänə(r)ˈdelə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from N. Monardes + New Latin -ella

: a genus of fragrant herbs (family Labiatae) of the western United States having flowers in terminal heads and a 10- to 13-nerved calyx — see mustang mint

Useful english dictionary. 2012.