ajuga reptans

1. 1.

   low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States

   Synonymscreeping bugle

   Broaderbugle

Questions about ajuga reptans

What does ajuga reptans mean?

ajuga reptans means "low rhizomatous European carpeting plant having spikes of blue flowers; naturalized in parts of United States".

What is another word for ajuga reptans?

Close synonyms include creeping bugle. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ajuga reptans a common word?

ajuga reptans is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.