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 Hore·hound n.  Bot.
 1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium vulgare), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also 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.
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 black horehound
      n : ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of
          dark purple flowers [syn: black archangel, fetid
          horehound, stinking horehound, Ballota nigra]