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Lion's tail

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Li´on's tail`    (lī´ŭnz tāl`)
n.1.(Bot.) A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); - so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.


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Ali Larijani said during Friday prayers in Tehran, "The [missile attack on Mojahedin camps] was a warning to small states in the region not to step on the lion's tail.
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