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