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Horehound

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Noun

1. horehound

any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium

2. horehound

a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Horehound

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noun
1. Also called: white horehound
a downy perennial herbaceous Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, with small white flowers that contain a bitter juice formerly used as a cough medicine and flavouring: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
See also black horehound
2.  water horehound

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Horehound

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noun
1. 
a bitter herb (Marrubium vulgare) of the mint family, with white, downy leaves
2. 
a bitter juice extracted from its leaves, stem, or flowers and used in medicines and confections
3. 
cough medicine or candy made with this juice
4. 
any of various other mints

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Horehound

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n.
1.
a. An aromatic plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family having leaves with white pubescence and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes, native to Eurasia. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.
b. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.
2. Any of several similar plants in the mint family, especially Ballota nigra.

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