BALLOTA NIGRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ballota nigra mean? 

• BALLOTA NIGRA (noun)
  The noun BALLOTA NIGRA has 1 sense:

1. ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers

  Familiarity information: BALLOTA NIGRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BALLOTA NIGRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ballota nigra; black archangel; black horehound; fetid horehound; stinking horehound

Hypernyms ("Ballota nigra" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("Ballota nigra" is a member of...):

Ballota; genus Ballota (perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound)