Definition of ballota Ballota

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What does ballota mean?

Noun
ballota - perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound
		genus Ballota
		asterid dicot genus genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
		family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary

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"Ballota" (horehound) is a genus of about 35 species of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae, native to temperate regions of Europe, north Africa and western Asia, with the highest diversity in the Mediterranean region. They are used as food plants by the larvae of some Lepidoptera including "Coleophora" case-bearers: "C. ballotella", "C. lineolea" (which has been recorded on "B. nigra") and "C. ochripennella".

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The genus is closely related to "Marrubium", with some species having been included in that genus in the past.