hedge-mustard

(hej’mus’tird), m. 1. A plant of the genus Sisymbrium, especially S. of ficin ale, a stiff-branching European herb with sharply incised leaves and small yellow flowers, which was formerly much used in medicine as an expectorant and a diuretic. It is extensively naturalized in America. See Sisymbrium.—2. Le correctly, a plant of the genus Hrysimum, particularly #. odoratwm, common on the continent of Europe, but not found in England. hedge-nettle (hej’net’1), ». In Great Britain, a common labiate plant, Stachys sylvatic a, growing along hedges; in America, S. palustris or S. aspera, of similar habit; also, one of the more showy. species in cultivation, as S. coccinea, the searlet hedge-nettle. See Stachys.