any of several plants belonging to the genus Lamium, of the mint family, some species of which have whitish or variegated leaves and are cultivated as ornamentals or ground cover
Word origin
[‹ NL (Linnaeus); LL (Pliny): dead nettle, perh. deriv. of lamialamia]
Examples of 'lamium' in a sentence
lamium
Unlike some invasive species of lamium, this one only spreads 2ft-3ft.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Thousands of them, feasting on aconitum, astrantia, geranium, centaurea, elaeagnus, nepeta and lamium.