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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The common name of the North American plant Lycopus Virginicus, reputed astringent and sedative, and used as a remedy for hemorrhage from the lungs.
  • noun Same as Ajuga.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) A plant of the Mint family and genus Lycopus; esp. Lycopus Virginicus, which has mild narcotic and astringent properties, and is sometimes used as a remedy for hemorrhage.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An aromatic herb with small white flowers, Lycopus virginicus; water horehound
  • noun Any of a group of herbs used for ground cover; bugle

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a mildly narcotic and astringent aromatic herb having small whitish flowers; eastern United States
  • noun any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[From Middle English bugle; see bugle.]

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