gypsywort

gypsywort
noun
hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers
Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
Member Holonyms: ↑Lycopus, ↑genus Lycopus

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gypˈsywort noun
A labiate plant (Lycopus europaeus) with which Gypsies were reputed to stain their skin
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  • Gypsywort — Gyp sy*wort (j[i^]p s[i^]*w[^u]rt ), n. (Bot.) A labiate plant (the {Lycopus Europ[ae]us}). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Gypsywort — Taxobox name = Gypsywort image width = 220px regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Lamiaceae genus = Lycopus species = L. europaeus binomial = Lycopus europaeus binomial authority = L. Lycopus… …   Wikipedia

  • gypsywort — paprastoji vilkakojė statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Notrelinių šeimos vaistinis augalas (Lycopus europaeus), paplitęs Europoje ir Azijoje. atitikmenys: lot. Lycopus europaeus angl. bugleweed; European bugleweed; gypsywort šaltinis… …   Lithuanian dictionary (lietuvių žodynas)

  • gypsywort — /ˈdʒɪpsiwɜt/ (say jipseewert) noun an erect perennial herb with small white flowers, Lycopus europaeus, family Labiatae, common on the banks of rivers and lakes in Europe and western Asia. Also, gipsywort …  

  • Lycopus Europaeus — Gypsywort Gyp sy*wort (j[i^]p s[i^]*w[^u]rt ), n. (Bot.) A labiate plant (the {Lycopus Europ[ae]us}). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lycopus — is also a spider genus (Thomisidae)Taxobox name = Lycopus image width = 250px image caption = Illustration of gypsywort ( Lycopus europaeus ) regnum = Plantae divisio = Magnoliophyta classis = Magnoliopsida ordo = Lamiales familia = Lamiaceae… …   Wikipedia

  • gipsywort — n. A hairy Eurasian herb ({Lycopus europaeus}) with two lipped white flowers. Syn: gypsywort, {Lycopus europaeus}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lycopus europaeus — gipsywort gipsywort n. A hairy Eurasian herb ({Lycopus europaeus}) with two lipped white flowers. Syn: gypsywort, {Lycopus europaeus}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Lycopus europaeus — gipsywort gipsywort n. A hairy Eurasian herb ({Lycopus europaeus}) with two lipped white flowers. Syn: gypsywort, {Lycopus europaeus}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • List of culinary herbs and spices — This is a list of culinary herbs and spices. Specifically these are food or drink additives of mostly botanical origin used in nutritionally insignificant quantities for flavoring or coloring. As such, this list does not contain salt, which is a… …   Wikipedia

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