Crossword clues for alehoof
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).
Wiktionary
n. ground-ivy
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, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae]
Usage examples of "alehoof".
He speaks of some remedies which have since become more universally known: "Among the plants of our soyl, Sir William Temple singles out Five [Six] as being of the greatest virtue and most friendly to health: and his favorite plants, Sage, Rue, Saffron, Alehoof, Garlick, and Elder.