Ajuga
- noun
- /əˈdʒuːɡə/
- Specialized
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Ajuga
- The vibrant leaves of ajuga provide a stunning contrast to the greenery in the landscape.
- plants such as ajuga
Examples
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In our garden, we planted ajuga between the stepping stones to add color and texture.
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"She recently tore out the thirsty lawn in front of her husband's nearby office building and replaced it with ajuga, which requires little irrigation.
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And then there's a Persian mint right here and some beautiful black scale up Ajuga, which Brittany just pulled some for her own garden.
Synonyms
A low, spreading evergreen plant used to cover the ground in gardens
Compounds
- Specialized
A small plant that lives for one year with yellow flowers marked with red and a faint pine smell
- Specialized
A low evergreen plant with blue flower spikes used to cover ground in gardens
- Specialized
A plant that lives for several years with upright stems and bright blue flowers
- Specialized
A low plant with blue flower spikes used to cover the ground in shady gardens
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ajuga is the Latin name for a group of low, spreading plants that gardeners often call 'bugle' or 'bugleweed'. A helpful image is a small 'bugle' like a trumpet, because the flowers form tiny tubes, so Ajuga is easy to remember as a blue, ground-cover plant.
