A purple-flowered Eurasian plant of the mint family, which was formerly widely used for healing wounds.
夏枯草
Prunella vulgaris, family Labiatae
Example sentencesExamples
The poorer the soil and the older the lawn, the better will be the flower display, but most park lawns will contain self-heal, daisy, achillea, and cat's-ear.
Definition of self-heal in US English:
self-heal
(also selfheal)
noun
A purple-flowered plant of the mint family that was formerly widely used for healing wounds. Native to Eurasia, it is now widespread throughout North America.
夏枯草
Prunella vulgaris, family Labiatae
Example sentencesExamples
The poorer the soil and the older the lawn, the better will be the flower display, but most park lawns will contain self-heal, daisy, achillea, and cat's-ear.