horehound

horehound

English

Alternative forms

• hairhound, hoarhound

Etymology

From Middle English horehoune, from Old English hārhūne, hārehūne[1].

Noun

horehound (countable and uncountable, plural horehounds)

1. Any plant of the genus Marrubium.
2. Any plant of the genus Ballota.
3. A herb, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.

Synonyms

• (plant of the genus Marrubium): marrubium
• (Marrubium vulgare): common horehound, white horehound

Derived terms

• black horehound
• common horehound
• white horehound

Translations

plant of the genus Marrubium

Catalan: malrubí m Finnish: hurtanminttu (fi) Latin: marrubium n Swedish: kransborre c

plant of the genus Ballota

Bulgarian: черна капела f (černa kapela) Finnish: porro (fi)

Marrubium vulgare

Albanian: kapinok (sq) m Arabic: فَرَاسِيُون‎ m (farāsiyūn) Bulgarian: пчелник m (pčelnik) Cherokee: ᏪᏌ ᎤᏂᎩᏍᏗ (wesa unigisdi) Danish: please add this translation if you can Estonian: ürt-penimünt Finnish: hurtanminttu (fi), valkohurtanminttu (fi) French: marrube (fr) m Galician: marroxo m, alcar m German: Andorn (de) m Greek: Ancient Greek: μαυρόμαρσον n (maurómarson), φαράσιον n (pharásion), πράσιον n (prásion) Hungarian: orvosi pemetefű (hu) Italian: marrubio m, marrobio m Latin: marrubium n Middle English: horehoune Navajo: azeeʼ ndootʼeezhí łibáhígíí Norwegian: Bokmål: borremynte m or f Ottoman Turkish: پاموق اوتی‎ (pamuk otu) Polish: szanta (pl) f Portuguese: marroio (pt) m Romanian: unguraș (ro) m, voronic m Russian: ша́ндра f (šándra) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: тетр̀љан m, ма̀руља f, о̀ча̄јница f Latin: tetr̀ljan (sh) m, màrulja (sh) f, òčājnica (sh) f Spanish: marrubio (es) m Swedish: kransborre c Ukrainian: ша́ндра f (šándra)

References

1. A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary For the Use of Students - John R. Clark Hall (2nd ed.: 1916)

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Middle English

Noun

horehound

1. Alternative form of horehoune