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Definition of Acinos
1. Noun. Plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and Calamintha.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Acinos Arvensis, Basil Balm, Basil Thyme, Mother Of Thyme, Satureja Acinos
Lexicographical Neighbors of Acinos
Literary usage of Acinos
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Flowering Plants of Tunbridge Wells & Neighbourhood by Richard Deakin (1871)
"Brit FL 331; acinos vulgaris, Pers.; Fl. 1. C. acinos ... Calamintha acinos.
** Calyx nearly equal at the base. Middle lobe of the lower lip of corolla ..."
2. The Entomologist; an Illustrated Journal of General Entomology by Edward Newman, Royal Entomological Society of London (1883)
"A similar bee visited T. acinos 6 times, and was lost. 52. ... A small striped
bee visited Thymus acinos 86 times consecutively, then 1 T. serpyllum, ..."
3. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Thymus acinos L. Sp. Pl. 591. 1753. Melissa acinos Benth ... acinos Benth. in DC.
Prodr. 1a: 23o. 1848. Clin. acinos Kuntze, Rev. Gen. Pl. 513. 1891. ..."
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