Alehoof

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Alehoof \Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground
     ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe
     hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue,
     halehoue." --Prior.]
     Ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  alehoof
       n : trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having
           rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in
           hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes
           placed in genus Nepeta [syn: {ground ivy}, {field balm},
           {gill-over-the-ground}, {runaway robin}, {Glechoma
           hederaceae}, {Nepeta hederaceae}]