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Agastache
noun
Agas·ta·che
\ə-ˈga-stə-(ˌ)kē\
Definition of Agastache
: a genus of North American herbs (family Labiatae) having opposite toothed leaves and dense terminal spikes of 2-lipped flowers — see giant hyssop
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Origin and Etymology of agastache
borrowed from New Latin, from Greek aga-, intensifying prefix + New Latin -stache, derivative of Greek stáchys “ear of grain, offspring”
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