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    ALEHOOF

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     I. (noun) 

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    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 Nepetaplay

    Synonyms:

    alehoof; field balm; gill-over-the-ground; Glechoma hederaceae; ground ivy; Nepeta hederaceae; runaway robin

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("alehoof" is a kind of...):

    vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

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

    genus Glechoma; Glechoma (ground ivy)

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