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Definition of Gill-over-the-ground

1. Noun. 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 Nepeta.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gill-over-the-ground

Literary usage of Gill-over-the-ground

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. How to Know the Wild Flowers: A Guide to the Names, Haunts, and Habits of by Frances Theodora Parsons (1895)
"gill-over-the-ground. GROUND IVY. Nepeta Glechoma. Mint Family. Stems. ... Its common title of Gill-over-the ground appeals to one who is sufficiently ..."

2. American Agriculturist (1848)
"... inquires whether there is any way to exterminate ground ivy (Glechoma hederacea), otherwise called "ale hoof," "tun hoof," and "gill-over-the-ground. ..."

3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"See gillet. gill-over-ground, gill-over-the-ground (jil'- opening by which water passes to or from the Also gill, gill-machine. gill-hooter (jil'ho'ter), «. ..."

4. Nantucket Wild Flowers by Alice Owen Albertson (1921)
"Its low-lying habit is well suggested by the popular names of gill-over-the-ground and Creeping Charlie, although the plant must share the latter name with ..."

5. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1921)
"... as "gill- over-the-ground", "gill-go-by-the-ground", "gill-run-over", "creeping Charley", "creeping Jenny", "wild snake-root" and "robin-runaway. ..."

6. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"The leaves were formerly used in England for clarifying and flavoring ale, which was then called gill-ale, from gill-over-the-ground, an old name of this ..."

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