genus stachys

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   large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia

   SynonymsStachys

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofLabiatae

Questions about genus stachys

What does genus stachys mean?

genus stachys means "large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia".

What is another word for genus stachys?

Close synonyms include Stachys. 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 stachys a common word?

genus stachys 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.