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BUGLEWEED

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

Synonyms:

bugle; bugleweed

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bugleweed" 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)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bugleweed"):

Ajuga reptans; creeping bugle (low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States)

Ajuga genevensis; blue bugle; erect bugle (upright rhizomatous perennial with bright blue flowers; southern Europe)

Ajuga pyramidalis; pyramid bugle (European evergreen carpeting perennial)

Ajuga chamaepitys; ground pine; yellow bugle (low-growing annual with yellow flowers dotted red; faintly aromatic of pine resin; Europe, British Isles and North Africa)

Holonyms ("bugleweed" is a member of...):

Ajuga; genus Ajuga (bugle)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States

Synonyms:

bugleweed; Lycopus virginicus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bugleweed" 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 ("bugleweed" is a member of...):

genus Lycopus; Lycopus (small genus of herbs of the mint family)

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