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

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 , ...

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 ).