GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gill-over-the-ground mean? 

• GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND (noun)
  The noun GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GILL-OVER-THE-GROUND (noun)

Sense 1

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

alehoof; field balm; gill-over-the-ground; Glechoma hederaceae; ground ivy; Nepeta hederaceae; runaway robin

Hypernyms ("gill-over-the-ground" is a kind of...):

vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)

Holonyms ("gill-over-the-ground" is a member of...):

genus Glechoma; Glechoma (ground ivy)