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A weed of the genus Lamium with deeply crenate leaves.

CRENATE; CRENATED
Having the margin cut into rounded teeth notches, or scallops.
GENUS
A class of objects divided into several subordinate species; a class more extensive than a species; a precisely defined and exactly divided class; one of the five predicable conceptions, or sorts of terms.
DEEPLY
1. At or to a great depth; far below the surface; as, to sink deeply. 2. Profoundly; thoroughly; not superficially; in a high degree; intensely; as, deeply skilled in ethics. He had deeply offended both his nobles and people. Bacon. He
LEAVES
pl. of Leaf.
SUBGENUS
A subdivision of a genus, comprising one or more species which differ from other species of the genus in some important character or characters; as, the azaleas now constitute a subgenus of Rhododendron.
PARKLEAVES
A European species of Saint John's-wort; the tutsan. See Tutsan.
PROTHALAMION; PROTHALAMIUM
A song in celebration of a marriage. Drayton.
BICRENATE
Twice crenated, as in the case of leaves whose crenatures are themselves crenate.
EPITHALAMIUM
A nuptial song, or poem in honor of the bride and bridegroom. The kind of poem which was called epithalamium . . . sung when the bride was led into her chamber. B. Jonson. (more info) fr. Gr.