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Definition of Genus lycopus
1. Noun. Small genus of herbs of the mint family.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Bugleweed, Lycopus Virginicus, Lycopus Americanus, Water Horehound, Gipsywort, Gypsywort, Lycopus Europaeus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Lycopus
Literary usage of Genus lycopus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chicago Medical Journal and Examiner (1884)
"Medical properties: Aromatic, stimulant, stomachic, carminative, antispasmodic,
diuretic; oil, rubefacient. genus lycopus (Water horehound). ..."
2. A Synopsis of lectures on medical science: Embracing the Principles of by Alva Curtis (1858)
"Genus, Lycopus.—Calyx tubular, five-cleft or toothed ; corol tubular, four- cleft,
one division broader and emarginate ; stamens distant ; seeds four ..."
3. Bulletin (1910)
"The herh has medicinal properties, like other species of the genus. Lycopus uniflorus
Michx. (one-flowered). Lycopus communis Bicknell. ..."
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