BALLOTA NIGRA

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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:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("Ballota nigra" 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 ("Ballota nigra" is a member of...):

Ballota; genus Ballota (perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound)

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