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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:

Nouns denoting plants

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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