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HOREHOUND
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A candy that is flavored with an extract of the horehound plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("horehound" is a kind of...):
candy; confect (a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("horehound" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "horehound"):
common horehound; Marrubium vulgare; white horehound (European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring)
Holonyms ("horehound" is a member of...):
genus Marrubium; Marrubium (Old World aromatic herbs: horehound)
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