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Definition of horehound in English: horehound(also hoarhound) noun ˈhɔːhaʊndˈhɔrˌhaʊnd 1A strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine. Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare) and black horehound (Ballota nigra), a Eurasian plant which was formerly said to cure the bite of a mad dog Example sentencesExamples - Marsh fern, water horehound, spotted touch-me-not, great water dock, and lake sedge live on the soupy mudflats.
- The herb garden shows off plants used in cooking, including several varieties of oregano, sage, and thyme to garlics and horehounds.
- The invasion of weeds such as horehound and stemless thistles is a continuing management problem.
- Other herbs that might be used in tea or syrup to treat cough include horehound, sage and thyme.
- One of my favorites is horehound, a robust plant that is nearly indestructible and produces clusters of small white flowers that draw tiny flies like magnets.
- 1.1mass noun The bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds.
Example sentencesExamples - Having tasted a decoction of horehound prepared by an herbalist friend, I find myself wondering if the Navajo name actually doesn't describe the look and color of the face of the herbalist's patient!
- She recommends the use of psyllium for constipation, aloe for jaundice and horehound for cough.
- Overtly medicinal ingredients, such as horehound, wintergreen, and liquorice, turned the confections into cough drops.
- The old standby is hard candy made with horehound, but these herbal drops can be hard to find these days.
- Ancient Egyptians, Ayurvedic practitioners and Native American healers used horehound, another highly regarded herbal expectorant, as a cough remedy.
Origin Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants. Definition of horehound in US English: horehound(also hoarhound) nounˈhɔrˌhaʊndˈhôrˌhound 1A strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine. Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare), a widely distributed plant traditionally used as a medicinal herb, and black horehound (Ballota nigra), a Eurasian plant that has become naturalized in North America and was formerly reputed to cure the bite of a mad dog Example sentencesExamples - One of my favorites is horehound, a robust plant that is nearly indestructible and produces clusters of small white flowers that draw tiny flies like magnets.
- Other herbs that might be used in tea or syrup to treat cough include horehound, sage and thyme.
- The invasion of weeds such as horehound and stemless thistles is a continuing management problem.
- Marsh fern, water horehound, spotted touch-me-not, great water dock, and lake sedge live on the soupy mudflats.
- The herb garden shows off plants used in cooking, including several varieties of oregano, sage, and thyme to garlics and horehounds.
- 1.1 The bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds.
Example sentencesExamples - Having tasted a decoction of horehound prepared by an herbalist friend, I find myself wondering if the Navajo name actually doesn't describe the look and color of the face of the herbalist's patient!
- Ancient Egyptians, Ayurvedic practitioners and Native American healers used horehound, another highly regarded herbal expectorant, as a cough remedy.
- The old standby is hard candy made with horehound, but these herbal drops can be hard to find these days.
- Overtly medicinal ingredients, such as horehound, wintergreen, and liquorice, turned the confections into cough drops.
- She recommends the use of psyllium for constipation, aloe for jaundice and horehound for cough.
Origin Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants. |