black horehound

black horehound

n (Plants) a hairy unpleasant-smelling chiefly Mediterranean plant, Ballota nigra, having clusters of purple flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

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black horehound - ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowersBallota nigra, black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehoundherb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pestsBallota, genus Ballota - perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound

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