alehoof Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun 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
    field balm; ground ivy; runaway robin; Nepeta hederaceae; Glechoma hederaceae; gill-over-the-ground.

WordNet

Ale"hoof` noun
Etymology
AS. hfe ground ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe hedgehove, ground ivy, "in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue, haihoue, halehoue." Prior.
Definitions
  1. Ground ivy (Nepeta Glechoma).

Webster 1913