Either of two plants: (a) the plant dittany of Crete, Origanum dictamnus (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)): see dittany, n. 1a (now historical); (b) the…

A genus of plants of the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae), typically with a white cottony down, which occur chiefly in the eastern Mediterranean and…

Applied to another labiate, Marrubium Pseudodictamnus, also called bastard dittany. Obsolete.

With qualifying words: base horehound n. White Dead-nettle, Lamium album. fetid horehound n. Ballota nigra, a common weed with dull purple flowers…

Ocymum minimum.

= gypsywort n.

A small genus of the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae), comprising annual herbs native to eastern Asia. Also (perilla): any of several plants of this…

any of the various herbaceous wetland plants of the genus Lycopus (family Lamiaceae); spec. L. europaeus, which is native to Europe and Asia and has…

a plant, Anisomeles malabarica (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), used in South Asia as a tonic and febrifuge.

An annual, typically purple-flowering plant native to Mexico, Salvia hispanica (family Lamiaceae (Labiatae)), which is cultivated from the…

a plant, Solenosternon scutellarioides (Coleus blumei) of the family Lamiaceae (Labiatae), perhaps of Malaysian origin, which is often grown as a…

Chiefly North American. An aromatic plant, Dictamnus albus (family Rutaceae), native to the Mediterranean region and parts of Asia, with showy…

A genus of Labiate plants, allied to the Mints; some species, natives of Malaysia and Polynesia, are distinguished by their brilliant foliage…