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horehound
[hawr-hound, hohr-]
noun
an 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.
horehound
/ ˈɔːˌʊԻ /
noun
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
another name for bugleweed
Word History and Origins
Origin of horehound1
Word History and Origins
Origin of horehound1
Example Sentences
Lisa and Rob Maxwell stock old-fashioned lemon and horehound drops, licorice, penny candy, and their own homemade fudge at Little City Candy Co.
He cared for the dying with medical attention, horehound candy and rice pudding, soothing caresses, and poetry.
The lake was layered with sweet flag, sedge, lilies, horehound, bulrush and buckbean.
Christmas on the farm usually meant a few pairs of bib coveralls along with some horehound candy and fruit under the tree.
Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops.
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