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horehound

Syllabification: (hore·hound)
Pronunciation: /ˈhôrˌhound/

(also hoarhound)
Definition of horehound

noun

  • a strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine.
    • Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare), a widely distributed plant traditionally used as a medicinal herb, and black horehound (Ballota nigra), a Eurasian plant that has become naturalized in North America and was formerly reputed to cure the bite of a mad dog
  • the bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds.

Origin:

Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants

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