Definition of Ajuga

1. Noun. Bugle.

Exact synonyms: Genus Ajuga
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

Ajar
Ajara
Ajaria
Ajars
Ajax
Ajaxified
Ajaxifies
Ajaxify
Ajaxifying
Ajay
Ajeesh
Ajish
Ajië
Ajuga
Ajuga chamaepitys
Ajuga genevensis
Ajuga pyramidalis
Ajuga reptans
Aka-Bea
Aka-Bo
Aka-Cari
Aka-Kora
Akaba
Akabane disease
Akademeia
Akan
Akar-Bale

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 ..."

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