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BLACK ARCHANGEL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
Synonyms:
Ballota nigra; black archangel; black horehound; fetid horehound; stinking horehound
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("black archangel" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Holonyms ("black archangel" is a member of...):
Ballota; genus Ballota (perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound)