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 Definition: [n]  trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
 
 Synonyms: field balm, gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederaceae, ground ivy, Nepeta hederaceae, runaway robin
 
 See Also: genus Glechoma, Glechoma, vine

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground
ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe
hedgehove, ground ivy, ``in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue,
haihoue, halehoue.'' --Prior.]
Ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}).



 

 

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