a hairy plant, Ajuga chamaepitys, of Europe and N Africa, having two-lipped yellow flowers marked with red spots: family Lamiaceae (labiates). It smells of pine when crushed
See also bugle2
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any of certain North American club mosses, esp Lycopodium obscurum
ground pine in American English
any of several lycopods (genus Lycopodium) having forking stems covered with leaves like some evergreen needles