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Alehoof

Alehoof Meaning & Definition
Alehoof Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Alehoof?

[n] 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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Alehoof: field balm | gill-over-the-ground | Glechoma hederaceae | ground ivy | Nepeta hederaceae | runaway robin

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See Also | genus Glechoma | Glechoma | vine

Alehoof In Webster's Dictionary

\Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, ``in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue.'' --Prior.] Ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}).

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