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Horehound logo #10101) Aromatic mint 2) Coughdrop ingredient 3) Genus marrubium 4) Herb 5) Herbaceous plant 6) Marrubium
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Horehound

Horehound logo #10101) Hoarhound 2) Mint
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Horehound

Horehound logo #21002• (n.) A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.
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horehound logo #21003(Marrubium vulgare), bitter perennial herb of the mint family (Lamiaceae) whose leaves and flowering tops are used as flavouring for beverages and ...
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horehound

horehound logo #20973<botany> A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. Vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. ... Alternative forms: hoarhound] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling ...
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Horehound

Horehound logo #20972Hore'hound` noun [ Middle English horehune , Anglo-Saxon hārhune ; hār hoar, gray + hune horehound; confer Latin cunila a species of organum, Greek ..., Sanskrit kn...y to smell.] (Botany) A plant of the genus Marrubium ( M. vu...
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horehound logo #21219Type: Term Pronunciation: hōr-hownd Definitions: 1. Marrubium vulgare (family Labitae); bitter principle is marrubium, a volatile oil. A compound alleged to have expectorant properties and often found in cough drops and other patent medicines.
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Horehound

Horehound logo #21217Horehound (Marrubium) is a genus of labiate plants, with whitish, downy leaves and stem; flowers small, nearly white, in crowded whorls, possessing an aromatic smell and bitter flavour. It is a popular remedy for coughs and colds, usually as an infusion. It is a native of Britain and Europe generally.
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Horehound logo #20635archaic or obsolete terms > Herbs & Plants: Marrubium vulgare. White Horehound is a perennial herbaceous plant, found all over Europe and indigenous to Britain. It flourishes in waste places and by roadsides. It is cultivated for making tea and candy for use in coughs and colds. It has long been noted for its efficacy in lung troubles and coughs.
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horehound logo #20400[n] - any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium 2. [n] - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
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horehound logo #21602labiate herb.
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horehound logo #20974 noun a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
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horehound logo #21221Any of a group of plants belonging to the mint family. The white horehound (M. vulgare), found in Europe, North Africa, and western Asia and naturalized in North America, has a thick hairy stem and clusters of dull white flowers; it has medicinal uses. (Genus Marrubium, family Labiatae.)
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horehound

horehound logo #21199an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative. · any of various plants of the mint family. · a brittle candy or lozenge flavored with horehound extract.
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