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Definition of Ajuga
1. Noun. Bugle.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Bugle, Bugleweed
Definition of Ajuga
1. a flowering plant [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ajuga
Literary usage of Ajuga
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botanical Miscellany: Containing Figures and Descriptions of Such Plants as by William Jackson Hooker (1833)
"... in the clothing of the leaves, as well as in their form and the depth of the
teeth. 102. Ajuga decumbens, Thunb. ?—Benth. in Wall. 1. c. 1. 59. ..."
2. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1844)
"... are said to yield the best Botany ; I unfortunately took a different direction.
I noticed Melampyrum arvense and cristatum, both now in flower; Ajuga ..."
3. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera: A Text-book for Students and by James William Tutt (1902)
"... at flowers of Ajuga reptans in the Long Meadow at Abbott's Wood (Porritt),
hovering over the flowers of Ajuga reptans during sunshine in the damp ..."