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ajuga

(əˈdʒuːɡə)
n
(Plants) a genus of herbaceous flowering plants in the mint family
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Noun1.Ajuga - bugle
genus Ajuga
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
bugle, bugleweed - any of various low-growing annual or perennial evergreen herbs native to Eurasia; used for ground cover
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