Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A genus of labiate plants of the tribe Stachydeæ.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun A genus of stout Old World herbs having cut-lobed leaves and flowers in whorls.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorls

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Examples

  • The blackberry lily is stunning, but what takes me away is your Leonitis leonurus… vibrant orange… and just the sound of its name is musical.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • The leaves are not the narrow ones of L. leonurus, but rather larger like a Nepeta.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • Shown in bloom, the moved to the garage deck stairway, Leonotis leonurus ‘Staircase’.

    After Thanksgiving 2009 Muse Day* « Fairegarden 2009

  • Leo being the seed grown Leonotis nepetifolia ‘Staircase’, supposedly the shorter L. leonurus until a case of false identy was discovered.

    Whoa Nellie!* « Fairegarden 2009

  • Your Leonotis does look like ‘nepetifolia’ ~ I grew both it and ‘leonurus’ last season.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • This kid just keeps on growing, even though we know little about him other than his name, Leo, short for Leonotis leonurus Added: this is actually L. nepetifolia.

    August Playbook-GBBD « Fairegarden 2009

  • Thanks Diana, I was just doing some more research on Leo and believe that the plant I have is not L. leonurus as the seed packet claimed, but L. nepetifolia ‘Staircase’ which grows 10 to 12 feet tall.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • I definitely ordered the shorter leonurus but ended up with the gigantic nepetifolia.

    September Bloom Day 2009 « Fairegarden 2009

  • According to the DA, ingredients include: canavalia rosea, clematis vitalba, nelumbo nucifera, pedicularis grand folia, heimia salicifolia, leonurus sibiricus, ledum palustre, blue lotus, baybean and a number of other herbs.

    Gothamist 2010

  • According to the DA, ingredients include: canavalia rosea, clematis vitalba, nelumbo nucifera, pedicularis grand folia, heimia salicifolia, leonurus sibiricus, ledum palustre, blue lotus, baybean and a number of other herbs.

    Gothamist 2010

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