noun
erect annual European herbs
• Syn: ↑genus Galeopsis
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
• Member Meronyms: ↑hemp nettle, ↑dead nettle, ↑Galeopsis tetrahit
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\\ˌgālēˈäpsə̇s\ nounUsage: capitalized
: a small genus of coarse annual Old World herbs (family Labiatae) distinguished by the calyx that has 5 to 10 nerves and the transversely 2-valved anther sacs — see hemp nettle
Useful english dictionary. 2012.