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<botany> A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. Vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc.
Alternative forms: hoarhound] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra). Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.
Origin: OE. Horehune, AS. Harhune; har hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. Cunila a species of organum, GR, Skr. Kny to smell.
(01 Mar 1998)
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