Horehound

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. An aromatic Eurasian plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family, having square stems, opposite leaves with white pubescence, and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.
  • n. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.
  • n. Any of similar or related plants, such as the black horehound.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A herb, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family. Traditionally used to make a powerful cough remedy.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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.
  • n. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore throat.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. See hoarhound.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
  • n. a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
    • Equivalent
    black horehound   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    candy    confect   
    Cross Reference
    black horehound   
    Variant
    hoarhound   
    Same Context
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