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horehound
or Dz·dzܲԻ
[ hawr-hound, hohr- ]
noun
- 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.
- any of various plants of the mint family.
- a brittle candy or lozenge flavored with horehound extract.
horehound
/ ˈɔːˌʊԻ /
noun
- Also calledwhite 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
- water horehoundanother name for bugleweed
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horehound1
before 1000; Middle English horehune, Old English ūԱ, equivalent to gray, hoar + ūԱ horehound
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Word History and Origins
Origin of horehound1
Old English ūԱ, from grey + ūԱ horehound, of obscure origin
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Lisa and Rob Maxwell stock old-fashioned lemon and horehound drops, licorice, penny candy, and their own homemade fudge at Little City Candy Co.
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He cared for the dying with medical attention, horehound candy and rice pudding, soothing caresses, and poetry.
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The lake was layered with sweet flag, sedge, lilies, horehound, bulrush and buckbean.
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Christmas on the farm usually meant a few pairs of bib coveralls along with some horehound candy and fruit under the tree.
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Time after time, it dipped in and out of the candy counter: peppermint sticks, jawbreakers, horehound, and gumdrops.
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