Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of labiate plants, of a single species, now referred to Nepeta.
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- noun ground ivy
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The botanical name of the plant is _Nepeta glechoma_, from _Nepet_, in
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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In the _Organic Materia Medica_ of Detroit, U.S.A., 1890, it is stated, "Painters use the Ground Ivy (_Nepeta glechoma_) as a remedy for, and a preventive of lead colic."
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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