Akademik

lion's-ear

noun

pantropical herb having whorls of striking lipped flowers; naturalized in United States

• Syn: ↑Leonotis nepetaefolia, ↑Leonotis nepetifolia

• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant

• Member Holonyms: ↑Leonotis, ↑genus Leonotis

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\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷\ noun (plural lion's-ears)

1. : a mint of the genus Leonotis; especially : a common tropical mint (L. nepetaefolia)

2. : any of various woolly-leaved So. American plants constituting two genera (Culcitium and Espeletia) of the family Compositae

3. : motherwort 1

Useful english dictionary. 2012.