common horehound

Thân thiện

A gardener carefully harvests common horehound from her herb garden.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A perennial herb native to Europe and Asia, scientifically known as Marrubium vulgare, characterized by its aromatic, hairy leaves and clusters of small white flowers. It is traditionally used in herbal medicine and as a flavoring agent, particularly in candies and cough remedies, due to its bitter properties.

Examples of Usage

• Noun:
  • The old recipe for cough syrup called for an extract of common horehound.
  • A patch of common horehound was growing at the edge of the herb garden.

Advanced Usage

• "To cultivate common horehound": To grow this plant intentionally, often for its medicinal or culinary uses.
  • They decided to cultivate common horehound for their homemade herbal teas.

Variants and Related Words

• Horehound (noun): A common shortened form for "common horehound."
  • Horehound candy is a traditional remedy for sore throats.
• White horehound (noun): Another name for the same plant, .
  • White horehound is the species most commonly used in herbalism.

Synonyms

• Marrubium vulgare (noun): The botanical Latin name for the plant.

Related Phrases

• Horehound tea (noun phrase): An infusion made from the leaves of the common horehound plant.
  • She drank horehound tea to soothe her cough.
• Horehound candy (noun phrase): A type of lozenge or hard candy flavored with an extract of the plant.
  • He always kept a bag of horehound candy in his pocket during winter.

Học thuật

Noun

1. European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring

Từ đồng nghĩa

• white horehound
• Marrubium vulgare