genus sphacele

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   a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae

   SynonymsLepechiniagenus LepechiniaSphacele

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofLabiatae

Questions about genus sphacele

What does genus sphacele mean?

genus sphacele means "a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiatae".

What is another word for genus sphacele?

Close synonyms include Lepechinia, genus Lepechinia, Sphacele. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus sphacele a common word?

genus sphacele is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.