WHITE HOREHOUND
Dictionary entry overview: What does white horehound mean? • WHITE HOREHOUND (noun)
The noun WHITE HOREHOUND has 1 sense:
1. European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring
Familiarity information: WHITE HOREHOUND used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• WHITE HOREHOUND (noun)
Meaning:
European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common horehound; Marrubium vulgare; white horehound
Hypernyms ("white horehound" is a kind of...):
horehound (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium)
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