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What does horehound mean?

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Noun
  1. A herb, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family. Traditionally used in cough remedies, and to make a type of hard candy.
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Overtly medicinal ingredients, such as horehound, wintergreen, and liquorice, turned the confections into cough drops.
One very remarkable minor feature was the appearance of couch-grass and horehound, which had sprung up around the stockyards.
The mints are basil, bee balm, horehound, hyssop, lemon balm, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, savory, spearmint and thyme.
It has purplish flowers and lacks the woolly white appearance of white horehound.
Other herbs that might be used in tea or syrup to treat cough include horehound, sage and thyme.
The old standby is hard candy made with horehound, but these herbal drops can be hard to find these days.

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