D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Lion's tail

/(lī"ŭnz tāl`)/ · Li·on's tail · IPA
01 n. A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus C…
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    A genus of labiate plants (Leonurus); -- so called from a fancied resemblance of its flower spikes to the tuft of a lion's tail. Leonurus Cardiaca is the common motherwort.(Bot.)