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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The popular name of several plants of the natural order Labiatæ.
  • noun The black or stinking hoarhound, Ballota nigra, a common European weed in waste places near towns and villages. The flowers are purple, and the whole plant is fetid and unattractive.
  • noun The water-hoarhound, one of various species of Lycopus, particularly L. Europæus, a native of Europe.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun Same as horehound.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative form of horehound.

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