lamium

[ ley-mee-uhm ]

noun

1. any of several plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, some species of which have whitish or variegated leaves and are cultivated as ornamentals or ground cover.

Word History and Origins

Origin of lamium¹

< New Latin (Linnaeus); Late Latin (Pliny): dead nettle, perhaps derivative of lamia lamia

Example Sentences

The team used two distantly related eudicot plant species that produce benzoxazinoids for the studies: the golden dead-nettle Lamium galebodolon, which is found in sparse forests and forest edges on nutrient-rich soils in Europe, and the zebra plant Aphelandra squarrosa, a popular houseplant.

From Science Daily

In one corner of the garden, I have inherited someone else’s confection, a strange but effective mix of lily of the valley, lamium and golden creeping Jenny.

From Washington Post

Or try a shade pot with vivid white or red cyclamen in the center, surrounded by dusty miller and the dainty-flowered lamium.

From Los Angeles Times

Lamium purpureum insert— L. intermèdium, Fries.

From Project Gutenberg

Known in Latin as Lamium purpureum and alternately in English as red dead nettle and purple archangel, the plant is native to Europe and Western Asia.

From New York Times