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Horehound   Listen
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Horehound  n.  (Bot.)
1.
A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. (Written also hoarhound)
2.
A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore throat.
Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra).
Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.





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"Horehound" Quotes from Famous Books



... Mackey, the dandy, The London importer of horehound and candy; The cheapest of doctors, whose nostrums dispense A cure for all ills ...
— The English Spy • Bernard Blackmantle


Words linked to "Horehound" :   genus Marrubium, black horehound, stinking horehound, Marrubium, fetid horehound, confect, Marrubium vulgare


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