Lamium (Noun)
Meaning
Genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbits.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The garden was overrun with lamium, its purple flowers a nuisance to the gardener.
- Lamium is a hardy perennial that can thrive in poor soil and shady conditions.
- The botanist spent hours studying the various species of lamium that grew in the region.
- The dead nettle, a type of lamium, was often mistaken for its stinging cousin.
- In the spring, the forest floor was carpeted with the delicate white blooms of lamium.