horehound

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They drink weird compounds -- horehound beer, known as "lady dog", and things like that.

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  1. noun An aromatic Eurasian plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family, having square stems, opposite leaves with white pubescence, and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.
  2. noun A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.
  3. noun Any of similar or related plants, such as the black horehound.

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  1. Middle English, alteration (influenced by hound, hound) of horhune, from Old English hārehūne : hār, hoary + hūne, a kind of plant.
 

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/ˈhoʊrhaʊnd/
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