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dracocephalum Bot.|drækəʊˈsɛfələm|
[mod.L. (Linnæus Genera Plantarum (1737) 173), f. Gr. δράκων dragon + κεϕαλή head, in reference to the shape of the flower.]
An annual or perennial herb of the genus so called, belonging to the family Labiatæ and native to temperate Asia and Europe; = dragon's head 2.
1840J. Loudon Ladies' Flower-Garden Ornamental Annuals 226 Dracocephalum... The Dragon's Head... There are several other kinds of annual Dracocephalums, but they differ very little from each other, and they are none of them common in British gardens. 1904R. J. Farrer Garden Asia 237 The pallid gleam of a dracocephalum. 1957Q. Bull. Alpine Garden Soc. XXV. 95 A Dracocephalum..has flowers of a deep purple-blue. |