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Definition of Galeopsis
1. Noun. Erect annual European herbs.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Dead Nettle, Galeopsis Tetrahit, Hemp Nettle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galeopsis
Literary usage of Galeopsis
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord. Britton, Hon. Addison. Brown (1913)
"Type species : Galeopsis Tetrahit L. Plant puberulent; leaves linear to ...
Galeopsis Tetrahit L. S p. Pl. 579. 1753. A coarse and rough-hairy herb, ..."
2. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"A name for the genus Galeopsis, With. ed. iv., and applied more especially to
Galeopsis Tetrahit, L.—Prior (p. 108) says ' more properly Hemp-Dead-Nettle. ..."
3. Medical Lexicon: A Dictionary of Medical Science ... with French and Other by Robley Dunglison (1860)
"GALEOBDOLON, Galeopsis. ... This plant was formerly reckoned • vulnerary and
anodyne. Galeopsis ..."
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