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Definition of Gypsywort
1. Noun. Hairy Eurasian herb with two-lipped white flowers.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Lycopus, Lycopus
Definition of Gypsywort
1. n. A labiate plant (the Lycopus Europæus). Gypsies are said to stain their skin with its juice.
Definition of Gypsywort
1. Noun. (botany) ''Lycopus europaeus'', a labiate plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Gypsywort
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Gypsywort
Literary usage of Gypsywort
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... plant of the same natural order, is sometimes called water-horehound, and is
also known as gypsywort. All these species have been introduced in the ..."
2. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"LY'COPUS, L. Bugleweed, gypsywort, etc. Labiatae. From Greek, "wolfs foot".
Stoloniferous herbs. About 10 species, north temperate zone; 6 in US a. ..."
3. Popular field botany: Containing a Familiar and Technical Description of the by Agnes Catlow (1848)
"(GYPSYwORT.) Generic Character. Calyx tube-shaped, and divided into five at the
top. Corolla tubular also, but divided into four, the upper divisions ..."
4. The New International Encyclopaedia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1906)
"... plant of the same natural order, is sometimes called water-horehound, and is
also known as gypsywort. All these species have been introduced in the ..."
5. The History & Antiquities of the Town of Ludlow and Its Ancient Castle: With by Thomas Wright (1826)
"Ibidem Lysimachia nummularia, Moneywort Lycopus Europens, gypsywort park, t,e.
Marrubium vulgare, White Horehound. Near the Race Ground Malva, species var. ..."
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