henbit
/ˈhenbɪt/noun
1- a dead-nettle with purple flowers and partly prostrate stems, native to Eurasia宝盖草。
1.1
- Genus Lamium, family Labiatae: several species, in particular L. amplexicaule.野芝麻属, 唇形科:数种, 尤指宝盖草(拉丁名L.amplexicaule)。
词源
late 16th cent.: apparently a translation of Low German or Dutch hoenderbeet.