Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A North American perennial plant (Scutellaria lateriflora) in the mint family, having one-sided clusters of two-lipped blue or white flowers.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) An American mint (
Scutellaria lateriflora ) that yields a resinous exudate used esp. formerly as an antispasmodic.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun an American mint that yields a resinous exudate used especially formerly as an antispasmodic
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[So called from its use as an antispasmodic.]
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