Monardella (Noun)
Meaning
A genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United States.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Wandering through the desert, I stumbled upon a patch of monardella with its delicate purple flowers.
- The botanist spent years studying the various species of monardella that grew in the southwestern states.
- After a spring rain, the hillside was blanketed with a fragrant carpet of monardella, releasing a sweet aroma into the air.
- The local nursery specialized in cultivating monardella and other drought-tolerant herbs native to the region.
- As I hiked through the dry wash, I caught a whiff of the distinctive scent of monardella wafting through the air.