Definition of stachys Stachys
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What does stachys mean?
WordNet
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| stachys - large genus of usually woolly or hairy herbs or subshrubs or shrubs; temperate eastern hemisphere; tropical Australasia | ||
| genus Stachys | ||
| 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 | ||
| stachys sylvatica, hedge nettle, dead nettle foul-smelling perennial Eurasiatic herb with a green creeping rhizome | ||
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Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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stachys
stā′kis, n. a genus of Labiatæ, containing the Hedge-nettle, the Woundwort, and according to some botanists the Common Betony or Wood Betony. [L.,—Gr. stachys, an ear of corn.]
