Naturalized in North America

• Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets
• Sometimes placed in genus Nepeta

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. ground-ivy

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Alehoof \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 ).

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
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 [syn: ground ivy , field balm , gill-over-the-ground , ...