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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Hore·hound n.  Bot.
 1. A plant of the genus Marrubium (Marrubium 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.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 Marrubium vulgare
      n : European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white
          flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract
          use medicinally and as flavoring [syn: common horehound,
           white horehound]