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betony
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bet·o·ny  (btn-)
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.]


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