ajuga

[ aj-uh-guh ]

/ ˈædʒ ə gə /

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noun

any of various plants of the genus Ajuga, having usually blue flowers and often cultivated as a ground cover.

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Also called bugle, bugleweed.

Origin of ajuga

<New Latin (Linnaeus), equivalent to a-a-⁶ + Latin jug(um) yoke¹ + -a-a²

Words nearby ajuga

Ajivika, Ajman, Ajmer, Ajmer-Merwara, à jour, ajuga, AK, AK-47, aka, Akademi, akala

How to use ajuga in a sentence

In the Ajuga there were 4000 pesos of gold belonging to the admiral, each peso being worth eight shillings.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. III|Robert Kerr
Ajuga Chamæpitys mimics Euphorbia Cyparissias, with which it often grows, and which is protected by its acrid juice.
The Beauties of Nature|Sir John Lubbock
In the Pyrenees, according to Bentham, the flowers of Ajuga iva are constantly deprived of their corolla.
Vegetable Teratology|Maxwell T. Masters