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1. perennial herb with an odorless rhizome widespread in moist places in northern hemisphere

2. foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome

a. : a perennial shade-loving Eurasiatic herb (S. sylvatica) with a green creeping rhizome having a foul odor when crushed

b. : a similar plant (S. palustris) with an odorless rhizome that is widespread in moist places in most of the northern hemisphere

1. a slender-leafed, hairy plant, Stachys palustris, of the mint family, abundant along roadsides and in fields and marshes, having clusters of tubular, purple flowers on a spike.

2. any similar, related plant, esp. S. hispida, of wet places.

[1670-80]