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Definition of Genus ballota
1. Noun. Perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound.
Exact synonyms: Ballota
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Ballota Nigra, Black Archangel, Black Horehound, Fetid Horehound, Stinking Horehound
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Family Labiatae, Family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, Mint Family
Member holonyms: Ballota Nigra, Black Archangel, Black Horehound, Fetid Horehound, Stinking Horehound
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ballota
Literary usage of Genus ballota
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Publications by English Dialect Society (1886)
"gives it as the English equivalent for the genus Ballota. Hendon Bent. See Bent,
Hendon. Hen-drunks. Fruit of Pyrus Aucuparia, L.—Central Cumb. ED 6. Gloss. ..."
2. A Dictionary of English Plant-names by James Britten, Robert Holland (1886)
"gives it as the English equivalent for the genus Ballota. Hendon Bent. See Bent,
Hendon. Hen-drunks. Fruit of Pyrus Aucuparia, L.—Central Cumb. ED 8. ..."
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