stachys

/ ˈsteɪkɪs /

noun

1. any plant of the genus Stachys , esp S. lanata (lamb's ears) and S. officinalis (betony)

Word History and Origins

Origin of stachys¹

New Latin, from Greek stachys ear of corn, used as a plant name

Example Sentences

In his very public Philadelphia home garden, a 14-foot-long, sidewalk-facing bed, he uses other colorful foliage to set off bulbs, too, including dark-colored Geranium maculatum Espresso and a gold lamb’s ear, Stachys byzantina Primrose Heron.

From New York Times

The final move was to tuck in yellow single tulips from the deli—with their flat, green leaves—and silver felted stachys foliage to simulate the gestures of the work.

From Wall Street Journal

Its specific name is a happy one, denoting its resemblance to the Stachys, or hedge-nettle.

From Project Gutenberg

Wound′wort, a name applied to several plants of popular repute as vulneraries, as the kidney-vetch, &c.: a plant of genus Stachys, the marsh or clown's woundwort.—adj.

From Project Gutenberg

Large elder-bushes, like enormous white-rose trees, brighten the dark-green of the hedgerows; beds of yellow sweet-pea, beds and patches of the blue speedwell, the purple tapering stachys, solitary spikes of crimson foxglove, roses, and honeysuckle meet the eye wherever I look.

From Project Gutenberg