labiatae
IPA: ɫɑbiˈɑtʌ
noun
- the mints: aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including thyme; sage; rosemary
Examples of "labiatae" in Sentences
- To know fully the mentha family of plants, he must know both the characteristic qualities of the family and also those of the larger genus labiatae.