Phrase guide

ground ivy

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˌɡɹaʊnd ˈaɪvi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

Glechoma hederacea, an aromatic, perennial, evergreen creeper of the mint family Lamiaceae.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: alehoof, field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vine

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

44 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Breton: iliav-douar — Glechoma hederacea
  • Breton: izar — Glechoma hederacea
  • Breton: louzaouenn ar c'hatar — Glechoma hederacea
  • Bulgarian: самобайка (samobajka) — Glechoma hederacea
  • Catalan: heura de terra — Glechoma hederacea
  • Chinese Mandarin: 金錢薄荷 /金钱薄荷 (jīnqiánbòhe) — Glechoma hederacea
  • Czech: popenec obecný — Glechoma hederacea
  • Danish: korsknap — Glechoma hederacea
  • Dutch: hondsdraf — Glechoma hederacea
  • Dutch: aardveil — Glechoma hederacea
  • Estonian: harilik maajalg — Glechoma hederacea
  • Estonian: kassiratas — Glechoma hederacea
  • Finnish: maahumala — Glechoma hederacea
  • French: lierre terrestre — Glechoma hederacea
  • West-Frisian: tongerblom — Glechoma hederacea
  • German: Gundermann — Glechoma hederacea
  • German: Gundelrebe — Glechoma hederacea
  • Ancient Greek: χαμαίκισσος (khamaíkissos) — Glechoma hederacea
  • Hungarian: kerek repkény — Glechoma hederacea
  • Hungarian: földi repkény — Glechoma hederacea
  • Hungarian: földi borostyán — Glechoma hederacea
  • Irish: eidhneán talún — Glechoma hederacea
  • Italian: edera terrestre — Glechoma hederacea
  • Lithuanian: šliaužiančioji tramažolė — Glechoma hederacea
  • Manx: ard-losserey — Glechoma hederacea
  • Manx: ayr-losserey — Glechoma hederacea
  • Norwegian Bokmål: korsknapp — Glechoma hederacea
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: krossknapp — Glechoma hederacea
  • Persian: پیچک باغی — Glechoma hederacea
  • Polish: bluszczyk — Glechoma hederacea
  • Polish: bluszczyk kurdybanek — Glechoma hederacea
  • Portuguese: erva-de-são-joão — Glechoma hederacea
  • Portuguese: hera-terrestre — Glechoma hederacea
  • Portuguese: malvela — Glechoma hederacea
  • Portuguese: sanguina — Glechoma hederacea
  • Romanian: silnic — Glechoma hederacea
  • Romansh: startugl da prà — Glechoma hederacea
  • Russian: бу́дра плющеви́дная (búdra pljuščevídnaja) — Glechoma hederacea
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̀бричица — Glechoma hederacea
  • Serbo-Croatian: dòbričica — Glechoma hederacea
  • Spanish: hiedra terrestre — Glechoma hederacea
  • Swedish: jordreva — Glechoma hederacea
  • Turkish: yer sarmaşığı — Glechoma hederacea
  • Welsh: eidral — Glechoma hederacea