Runaway Robin (Noun)
Meaning
Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- The gardener carefully tended to the runaway robin plants in the hanging baskets to encourage their fragrant flowers to bloom.
- In the shade garden, the runaway robin had spread quickly and was now a beautiful purple mass under the trees.
- Runaway robin was a popular choice for containers because of its ability to cascade down the sides of the pots.
- The naturalized runaway robin growing along the sidewalk was a welcome sight to passersby in the spring.
- After pruning the runaway robin back to the ground, it quickly regrew and began flowering again within a few weeks.