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horehound

noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: HH AA1 R HH AW2 N D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Any plant of the genus Marrubium.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Any plant of the genus Marrubium.

especially, a herb of species (Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any plant of the genus Ballota.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: candy, confect

5

noun

Meaning 5

any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant

Narrower terms: common horehound, white horehound, Marrubium vulgare

History

Etymology

From Middle English horehoune, from Old English hārhūne, hārehūne.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: malrubí — plant of the genus Marrubium
  • Finnish: hurtanminttu — plant of the genus Marrubium
  • Latin: marrubium — plant of the genus Marrubium
  • Polish: szanta — plant of the genus Marrubium
  • Swedish: kransborre — plant of the genus Marrubium
  • Bulgarian: черна капела (černa kapela) — plant of the genus Ballota
  • Finnish: porro — plant of the genus Ballota
  • Polish: mierznica — plant of the genus Ballota
  • Albanian: kapinok — Marrubium vulgare
  • Arabic: فَرَاسِيُون (farāsiyūn) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Arabic: شَنَّار (šannār) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Arabic: حَشِيشَة الْكَلْب — Marrubium vulgare
  • Arabic: عُشْبَة الْكَلْب — Marrubium vulgare
  • Arabic: صُوف الْأَرْض (ṣūf al-ʔarḍ) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Aramaic: ܣܕܢ ܐܪܥܐ — Marrubium vulgare
  • Aramaic: ܣܕܢ ܐܪܥܐ (saddān ʔarʕā) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Bulgarian: пчелник (pčelnik) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ (wesa unigisdi) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Dutch: malrove — Marrubium vulgare
  • Estonian: ürt-penimünt — Marrubium vulgare
  • Finnish: hurtanminttu — Marrubium vulgare
  • Finnish: valkohurtanminttu — Marrubium vulgare
  • French: marrube — Marrubium vulgare
  • Galician: marroxo — Marrubium vulgare
  • Galician: alcar — Marrubium vulgare
  • German: Andorn — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ancient Greek: μαυρόμαρσον (maurómarson) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ancient Greek: φαράσιον (pharásion) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ancient Greek: πράσιον (prásion) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Hungarian: orvosi pemetefű — Marrubium vulgare
  • Italian: marrubio — Marrubium vulgare
  • Italian: marrobio — Marrubium vulgare
  • Latin: marrubium — Marrubium vulgare
  • Middle English: horehoune — Marrubium vulgare
  • Navajo: azeeʼ ndootʼeezhí łibáhígíí — Marrubium vulgare
  • Norwegian Bokmål: borremynte — Marrubium vulgare
  • Old English: hārhūne — Marrubium vulgare
  • Persian: گندنای کوهی (gandana-i kuhi) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Persian: فراسیون سفید (farâsiyun-e sefid) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Persian: فراسیون ابیض (farâsiyun-e abyaz) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Persian: شنار (šanâr) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Persian: انجیده (anjide) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Polish: szanta zwyczajna — Marrubium vulgare
  • Portuguese: marroio — Marrubium vulgare
  • Romanian: unguraș — Marrubium vulgare
  • Romanian: voronic — Marrubium vulgare
  • Russian: ша́ндра (šándra) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: тетр̀љан — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: ма̀руља — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: о̀ча̄јница — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: tetr̀ljan — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: màrulja — Marrubium vulgare
  • Serbo-Croatian: òčājnica — Marrubium vulgare
  • Spanish: marrubio — Marrubium vulgare
  • Swedish: kransborre — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ottoman Turkish: پاموق اوتی (pamuk otu) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ottoman Turkish: كوپك آیاسی (köpek ayası) — Marrubium vulgare
  • Ukrainian: ша́ндра (šándra) — Marrubium vulgare