Lamium, n.
(ˈleɪmɪəm)
[a. L. lāmium dead-nettle (adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus), f. Gr. λάµια gaping mouth (with reference to the shape of the flowers).]
A genus of labiate plants which includes several kinds of dead-nettle; (also lamium) a plant of this genus.
| 1682 N. Grew Anat. Flowers App. §11 The Top is..Poynted, or at least, Roundish, as in Lamium, Ironwort. 1736 Compl. Family-Piece ii. iii. 307 Perennial shrubby Lamium or base Hore-hound. 1880 A. Gray Struct. Biol. vi. 247 A corolla the upper petal or part of which is arched..as in Aconite and Lamium. 1903 Jrnl. Bot. XLI. 150 (heading) Some entire-leaved forms of Lamium. 1974 Country Life 21 Mar. 627/3 The backstops of the tennis court have been successfully masked by alternating green and gold hops..growing in a border of lamium at the base. 1990 House & Garden Nov. 111 A selection of ground-cover plants and perennials with blue, pale pink and soft yellow flowers like lamiums. |