genus Clinopodium

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genus Clinopodium - wild basil Clinopodium asterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - 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; rosemary Clinopodium vulgare, cushion calamint, Satureja vulgaris, wild basil - aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia