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Lamiaceae ThesaurusNoun | 1. | Lamiaceae - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemaryfamily Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, mint familyasterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsorder Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophularialesmint - any member of the mint family of plantsAcinos, genus Acinos - plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and CalaminthaAgastache, genus Agastache - giant hyssop; Mexican hyssopAjuga, genus Ajuga - bugleBallota, genus Ballota - perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehoundBlephilia, genus Blephilia - small genus of North American herbs: wood mintsCalamintha, genus Calamintha - calamintClinopodium, genus Clinopodium - wild basilCollinsonia, genus Collinsonia - small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United Statesgenus Coleus - genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or SolenostemonConradina, genus Conradina - small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United StatesDracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum - genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheadsgenus Elsholtzia - genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbsGaleopsis, genus Galeopsis - erect annual European herbsgenus Glechoma, Glechoma - ground ivygenus Hedeoma, Hedeoma - small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)genus Hyssopus, Hyssopus - Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubsgenus Lamium, Lamium - genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbitsgenus Lavandula, Lavandula - lavendergenus Leonotis, Leonotis - small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africagenus Leonurus, Leonurus - genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorlsgenus Lepechinia, genus Sphacele, Lepechinia, Sphacele - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiataegenus Lycopus, Lycopus - small genus of herbs of the mint familygenus Origanum - a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiataegenus Majorana, Majorana - small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanumgenus Marrubium, Marrubium - Old World aromatic herbs: horehoundgenus Melissa, Melissa - a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiataegenus Mentha, Mentha - mint plantsgenus Micromeria, Micromeria - large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbsgenus Molucella, Molucella - small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivatedgenus Monarda - wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalmgenus Monardella, Monardella - a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United Statesgenus Nepeta, Nepeta - catmintgenus Ocimum, Ocimum - basilgenus Perilla, Perilla - small genus of Asiatic herbsgenus Phlomis - large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leavesgenus Physostegia - genus of North American perennial herbsgenus Plectranthus - large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleusgenus Pogostemon, Pogostemon - genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oilgenus Prunella, Prunella - small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowersgenus Koellia, genus Pycnanthemum, Koellia, Pycnanthemum - American mountain mintgenus Rosmarinus, Rosmarinus - rosemarygenus Salvia - large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sagegenus Satureia, genus Satureja, Satureia, Satureja - savorygenus Scutellaria, Scutellaria - an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcapsgenus Sideritis, Sideritis - genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region |
lamiaceae
Lamiaceae[‚lā·mē′ās·ē‚ē] (botany) An equivalent name for Labiatae. mint mintThe mint family has over 7,000 species! And they are all edible. They become pretty easy to recognize after a while. Square stems, tiny hairs on stem, vertically stacked crunched flower bundles usually light purple, white or pink on top of stem or in several clusters along the vertical stem, usually where leaves are. Used for colds, flu, fever, indigestion, gas, headache, diarrhea, colic, sore throats, stomach aches. Whole plant is edible. Mint has strong oils. It is advisable not to take while pregnant. Important- make sure the plant looks and smells like mint. Some plants look like mint but don’t smell like it, or smell like mint but don’t look like mint- stay away! MINT Downy Woodmint (Blephilia ciliata) Soft fur on underside of leaves. Whitish blue purple flowers. Tea used for indigestion, colic, coughs, colds, chills and fevers. Make warm poultice with leaves for sinus headache. Chewing fresh leaves kills bacteria in the mouth and is good for teeth and gums.MedicalSeeMINTLegalSeeMintFinancialSeemintLamiaceae Related to Lamiaceae: Poaceae, Solanaceae |