- a variation of horehound.
hoarhound
Americannoun
noun
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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
The numerous branching, erect stems and the almost square, toothed, grayish-green leaves are covered with a down from which the common name hoarhound is derived.
From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains
Dey dosed 'em up wid oil and turpentine and give 'em teas made out of hoarhound for some mis'ries and bone-set for other troubles.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 3 by Work Projects Administration
Bees are very partial to hoarhound nectar, and make a pleasing honey from the flowers where these are abundant.
From Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses by M. G. (Maurice Grenville) Kains
Cure for Fever Sores.—Take of hoarhound, balm, sarsaparilla, loaf sugar, aloes, gum camphor, honey, spikenard, spirits of turpentine, each two ounces.
From Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889 by Barkham Burroughs
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