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horehound
hore·hound H0277200 (hôr′hound′)n.1. a. An aromatic plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family having leaves with white pubescence and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes, native to Eurasia. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.b. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.2. Any of several similar plants in the mint family, especially Ballota nigra.
[Middle English, alteration (influenced by hound, hound) of horhune, from Old English hārehūne : hār, hoary + hūne, a kind of plant.]horehound (ˈhɔːˌhaʊnd) or hoarhoundn1. (Plants) 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 horehound2. (Plants) water horehound another name for bugleweed1[Old English hārhūne, from hār grey + hūne horehound, of obscure origin]hore•hound (ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd, ˈhoʊr-)
n. 1. an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and containing a bitter juice used as an expectorant. 2. any of various plants of the mint family. 3. a lozenge flavored with horehound extract. [before 1000; Middle English horehune, Old English hārhūne=hār gray, hoar + hūne horehound] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  horehound - any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubiumherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsgenus Marrubium, Marrubium - Old World aromatic herbs: horehoundcommon horehound, Marrubium vulgare, white horehound - European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring | | 2. | horehound - a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plantcandy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts |
Translationshorehound
horehound, aromatic Old World perennial herb (Marrubium vulgare) of the family Labiatae (mintmint,
in botany, common name for members of the Labiatae, a large family of chiefly annual or perennial herbs. Several species are shrubby or climbing forms or, rarely, small trees.
..... Click the link for more information. family), naturalized in North America. It has woolly white foliage and tiny white clustered flowers and is called the common, or white, horehound. The dried leaves and flower tops were used in making horehound candy and remedies for coughs and colds. The black horehound and the water horehound belong to other genera of the mint family. Horehound is classified in the division MagnoliophytaMagnoliophyta
, division of the plant kingdom consisting of those organisms commonly called the flowering plants, or angiosperms. The angiosperms have leaves, stems, and roots, and vascular, or conducting, tissue (xylem and phloem).
..... Click the link for more information. , class Magnoliopsida, order Lamiales, family Labiatae.  horehound horehoundIn mint family (but not minty tasting, actually kinda bitter), square stems and leaves covered with fine soft hair. Leaves look like wrinkled skin. White woolly flower clusters on upper stem. Expectorant- helps clean up lungs, (phlegm), bronchitis, asthma, colds, sore throats, coughs. Make tea with leaves. Since it’s bitter, its great for stimulating digestion, stomach, gallbladder, liver, jaundice, hepatitis, bile flow. Appetite stimulant.horehound[′hȯr‚hau̇nd] (botany) marrubium horehound, hoarhound1. 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) 2. water horehound another name for bugleweedhorehound
hore·hound , hoarhound (hōr-hownd), Marrubium vulgare (family Labitae); bitter principle is marrubium, a volatile oil. A compound alleged to have expectorant properties and often found in cough drops and other patent medicines. [O.E. hār, hoary, + hūne, herb] horehound (hôr′hound′)n.1. a. An aromatic plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family having leaves with white pubescence and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes, native to Eurasia. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.b. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.2. Any of several similar plants in the mint family, especially Ballota nigra.horehound
Words related to horehoundnoun any of various aromatic herbs of the genus MarrubiumRelated Words- herb
- herbaceous plant
- genus Marrubium
- Marrubium
- common horehound
- Marrubium vulgare
- white horehound
noun a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plantRelated Words |