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A plant of the genus Marrubium , which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound . -- Water horehound, a species

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A plant of the genus Marrubium , which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. Fetid horehound, or Black horehound, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound . -- Water horehound, a species of the genus Lycopus, resembling mint, but not aromatic.

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