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Noun: heartleaf
  1. Wild ginger having persistent heart-shaped pungent leaves; West Virginia to Alabama
    - heart-leaf, Asarum shuttleworthii
     
  2. Evergreen low-growing perennial having mottled green and silvery-grey heart-shaped pungent leaves; Virginia to South Carolina
    - heart-leaf, Asarum virginicum

Derived forms: heart-leafs

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant, wild ginger

Part of: Asarum, genus Asarum

Encyclopedia: Heartleaf