[byoo-guh
l-weed] 
| 1. | a plant belonging to the genus Lycopus, of the mint family, esp. L. virginicus, reputed to have medicinal properties. |
| 2. | ajuga. |
[aj-uh-guh] | any of various plants of the genus Ajuga, having usually blue flowers and often cultivated as a ground cover. |
| bu·gle 3 (byōō'gəl) n. Any of several creeping Old World herbs of the genus Ajuga in the mint family, having opposite leaves, square stems, and terminal spikes of purplish to white flowers. Also called bugleweed. [Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin būgula (perhaps influenced by būglōssa, bugloss), from Latin būgillō.] |
| bu·gle·weed (byōō'gəl-wēd') n.
[From Middle English bugle; see bugle3.] |
bugleweed
(Ajuga), genus of about 40 species of Eurasian plants of the mint family (Lamiaceae), order Lamiales, but lacking the floral upper lip characteristic of the family. Some creeping species, used as ground covers, are widely naturalized
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