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noun
An annual herb, of species Lamium amplexicaule, with pink or purple flowers and deeply crenate leaves.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: henbit deadnettle, common henbit, greater henbit
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Other species of plant that resemble L. amplexicaule, especially related species of deadnettle in the genus Lamium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly
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noun
Eurasian plant having toothed leaves and small two-lipped white or purplish-red flowers
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Lamium amplexicaule
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dead nettle
History
Calque of Dutch hoenderbeet. By surface analysis, hen + bit (past participle of bite; bitten). First attested in 1578. Cognate with Middle Low German hennebit and German Hühnerbiss; all likely derived from Medieval Latin Morsus gallinae, the ancestor of Italian mordigallina, French morgeline and obsolete English margeline. See also chickweed.
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