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horehound

N พืช พวก  Marrubium vulgare น้ำ ขม ใช้ ทำ ยา  hoarhound

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HOREHOUND

n.The name of several plants of different genera. The common horehound is the Marrubium vulgare. It has a bitter taste, and is used as an attenuant.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HOREHOUND

Hore "hound `, n. Etym: [OE. horehune, AS. harhune; har hoar, gray +hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, GR. kn to smell. ] (Bot. )

 

Defn: A plant of the genus Marrubium (M. vulgare ), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also hoarhound. ] Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound (Ballota nigra ). -- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

horehound

hore hound |ˈhôrˌhound ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd |(also hoarhound ) ▶noun a strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine. [Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare ), a widely distributed plant traditionally used as a medicinal herb, and black horehound (Ballota nigra ), a Eurasian plant that has become naturalized in North America and was formerly reputed to cure the bite of a mad dog. ] • the bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used esp. in the treatment of coughs and colds. ORIGIN Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar ) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants.

 

Oxford Dictionary

horehound

horehound |ˈhɔːhaʊnd |(also hoarhound ) ▶noun a strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine. ●Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound (Marrubium vulgare ) and black horehound (Ballota nigra ), a Eurasian plant which was formerly said to cure the bite of a mad dog. • [ mass noun ] the bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds. ORIGIN Old English hāre hūne, from hār (see hoar ) + hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants.