Stachys

stachys

(ˈsteɪkɪs) n (Plants) any plant of the genus Stachys, esp S. lanata (lamb's ears) and S. officinalis (betony)[New Latin, from Greek stachys ear of corn, used as a plant name]

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Stachys - large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasiagenus Stachysasterid dicot genus - genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsfamily Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemarydead nettle, Stachys sylvatica, hedge nettle - foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizomehedge nettle, Stachys palustris - perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere

Stachys

(woundwort), a genus of annual and perennial herbs or subshrubs of the family Labiatae. The leaves are opposite and entire. The usually pink, purple, white, or yellow flowers are in false whorls that form spicate inflorescences. The corolla has a flat or helmet-shaped upper lip. The fruit consists of four nutlike lobes.

There are about 300 species of woundwort, distributed in the temperate and subtropical zones of both hemispheres and in the mountains of the tropics. The USSR has about 55 species. The marsh woundwort (S. palustris) and the annual woundwort (S. annua) are weeds of fields, gardens, and fallow lands. The former occurs along bodies of water and in wet meadows, swamps, and marshy forests. The annual woundwort grows on dry slopes, along embankments, and in precipices and wastelands. It is poisonous to horses, as is the species 5. recta, which grows wild on steppe and rocky slopes. The hedge nettle (S. sylvatica) grows in shady broad-leaved and mixed forests, amid underbrush, in ravines, and in damp meadows.

The Chinese, or Japanese, artichoke (S. sieboldii) is widespread in China and Japan. It is cultivated as a vegetable in East Asia and in some countries of Europe and the Americas; the tuberous formations on the roots are eaten boiled, fried, or pickled. Many species of Stachys yield a substantial amount of nectar. The woolly betony (S. byzantina, formerly S. lanata) is cultivated as an ornamental.

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noun large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs

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