horehound
Americannoun
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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.
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any of various plants of the mint family.
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a brittle candy or lozenge flavored with horehound extract.
noun
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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
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another name for bugleweed
Etymology
Origin of horehound
before 1000; Middle English horehune, Old English hārhūne, equivalent to hār gray, hoar + hūne horehound
Example Sentences
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That’s probably why I like this example from a classic Washington vineyard: big plum, cassis, horehound candy, unapologetic tannins.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2018
He cared for the dying with medical attention, horehound candy and rice pudding, soothing caresses, and poetry.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 17, 2017
Plus, almost anything that might make it more difficult for forensic labs to pry it all apart: alfalfa, comfrey leaf, passionflower, horehound, etc.
From Salon ● Dec. 26, 2012
Walnut, and the herbs black horehound and white horehound.
From Slate ● Mar. 4, 2012
Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
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