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gypsywort /ˈdʒɪpsɪwəːt /(also gipsywort) nounA white-flowered Eurasian plant of the mint family, which grows in damp habitats.- Lycopus europaeus, family Labiatae.
The wetter areas allow such plants as ragged robin, marsh marigold and gipsywort to flourish....- A brief stop at a man-made lake allowed us to see gipsywort, as well as other waterside vegetation and both yellow and white waterlilies.
- However, it now joins list of plants recorded that are said to prefer moister soils: square-stalked St. John's wort, gipsywort, marsh thistle, greater bird's foot trefoil.
OriginLate 18th century: so named because it was reputed to have been used by Gypsies to stain the skin brown. |