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wood betony

wood betony noun: any member of the species Betonica officinalis (syn. Stachys officinalis), of North Africa and temperate Europe and Asia.

Noun

wood betony (usually uncountable, plural wood betonies)

  1. (usually) Any member of the species Betonica officinalis (syn. Stachys officinalis), of North Africa and temperate Europe and Asia.
  2. (usually) Any member of the species Pedicularis canadensis of perennial herb, which are partial parasites of roots and have been used in traditional medicine, found in most of North America east of the Rockies.

Forms of wood betony

pluralwood betonies

Questions about wood betony

What does wood betony mean?
Wood betony means any member of the species Betonica officinalis (syn. Stachys officinalis), of North Africa and temperate Europe and Asia.
What part of speech is wood betony?
Wood betony is a noun.
What is the plural of wood betony?
The plural of wood betony is wood betonies.

Words near wood betony in the dictionary

  1. wood apple
  2. wood apples
  3. wood avens
  4. wood bedstraw
  5. wood betonies
  6. wood betony
  7. wood bison
  8. wood block
  9. wood blocks
  10. wood brown
  11. wood browns

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