Akademik

Ballota
noun
perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound
Syn: ↑genus Ballota
Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
Member Meronyms: ↑black horehound, ↑black archangel, ↑fetid horehound, ↑stinking horehound, ↑Ballota nigra

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\\bəˈlōd.ə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, alter of Latin ballote black horehound, from Greek ballōtē
: a genus of plants (family Labiatae) having small bracteate flowers in axillary clusters — see black horehound

Useful english dictionary. 2012.