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bet·o·ny (b

)

n. pl. bet·o·nies

1. Any of several plants of the widespread genus Stachys in the mint family, especially S. officinalis, native chiefly to Europe and having spikes of usually reddish-purple flowers. It was once popular in herbal medicine. Also called woundwort.

2. The lousewort.

[Middle English, from Old French betoine, from Medieval Latin betnia, both from Latin vettnica, probably from Vettns, an ancient Iberian tribe.]

betony [ˈbɛtənɪ]

n pl -nies

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a Eurasian plant, Stachys (or Betonica) officinalis, with a spike of reddish-purple flowers, formerly used in medicine and dyeing: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several related plants of the genus Stachys

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants)

wood betony a North American scrophulariaceous plant, Pedicularis canadensis See also lousewort

[from Old French betoine, from Latin betonica, variant of vettonica, probably named after the Vettones, an ancient Iberian tribe]

Translations

betony [ˈbɛtənɪ] n → erba betonica

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