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Marrubium
(gcide) | Marrubium \Mar*ru"bi*um\, n. [L.] (Bot.)
A genus of bitter aromatic plants, sometimes used in
medicine; hoarhound.
[1913 Webster] |
marrubium
(wn) | Marrubium
n 1: Old World aromatic herbs: horehound [syn: Marrubium,
genus Marrubium] |
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Marrubium vulgare
(gcide) | Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[=a]rhune;
h[=a]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species
of organum, Gr. ?, Skr. kn?y to smell.] (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.]
[1913 Webster]
2. A lozenge or tablet, usually sweetened, containing extract
of horehound, used as a remedy for a cough or a sore
throat.
[PJC]
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.
[1913 Webster] |
genus marrubium
(wn) | genus Marrubium
n 1: Old World aromatic herbs: horehound [syn: Marrubium,
genus Marrubium] |
marrubium
(wn) | Marrubium
n 1: Old World aromatic herbs: horehound [syn: Marrubium,
genus Marrubium] |
marrubium vulgare
(wn) | Marrubium vulgare
n 1: European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white
flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract
use medicinally and as flavoring [syn: common horehound,
white horehound, Marrubium vulgare] |
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