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GROUND IVY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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:
alehoof; field balm; gill-over-the-ground; Glechoma hederaceae; ground ivy; Nepeta hederaceae; runaway robin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ground ivy" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("ground ivy" is a member of...):
genus Glechoma; Glechoma (ground ivy)
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