hoarhound

American  

[hawr-hound, hohr-] / ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd, ˈhoʊr- /

noun

1. a variant of horehound.

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hoarhound British  

/ ˈhɔːˌhaʊnd /

noun

1. a variant spelling of horehound

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Example Sentences

While our spit swam over hoarhound or peppermint, we’d hear the floorboards creak in the closet, then a silence, then a big “H-rumph!” and a big satisfied “Ah-h-h-h!”

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns

There's catnip and hoarhound and horsemint and pennyroy'l, and pretty soon there'll be wild life-everlastin'.

From The Land of Long Ago by Hall, Eliza Calvert

When the sad grey man known to the children as the Miser, and invested with mysterious and awful powers, stopped to buy some hoarhound drops, he wished him a cheery good afternoon.

From The Little Red Chimney Being the Love Story of a Candy Man by Leonard, Mary Finley

Teas made of boneset, hoarhound, pennyroyal, ginger, catnip, hops, slippery elm, etc., were good and are now.

From Mother's Remedies Over One Thousand Tried and Tested Remedies from Mothers of the United States and Canada by Ritter, Thomas Jefferson

In many parts of the world hoarhound has become naturalized on dry, poor soils, and is even a troublesome weed in such situations.

From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by Kains, M. G. (Maurice Grenville)