英语词汇“horehound”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

hore·hound

(hôrhound′)

a. An aromatic plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family having leaves with white pubescence and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes, native to Eurasia. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy.

b. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract.

2. Any of several similar plants in the mint family, especially Ballota nigra.

[Middle English, alteration (influenced by hound, hound) of horhune, from Old English hārehūne : hār, hoary + hūne, a kind of plant.]

单词	horehound
释义	hore·hound (hôrhound′) n. 1. a. An aromatic plant (Marrubium vulgare) in the mint family having leaves with white pubescence and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes, native to Eurasia. The leaves yield a bitter extract used in flavoring and as a cough remedy. b. A candy or preparation flavored with this extract. 2. Any of several similar plants in the mint family, especially Ballota nigra. [Middle English, alteration (influenced by hound, hound) of horhune, from Old English hārehūne : hār, hoary + hūne, a kind of plant.]
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