lion's-ear

noun

plural lion's-ears

1

: a mint of the genus Leonotis

especially : a common tropical mint (L. nepetaefolia)

2

: any of various woolly-leaved South American plants constituting two genera (Culcitium and Espeletia) of the family Compositae

3

: motherwort sense 1

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