Usually means: Herb with medicinal, unpleasant aroma.
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  1. black horehound: Merriam-Webster
  2. black horehound: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. black horehound: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. black horehound: Collins English Dictionary
  5. black horehound: Vocabulary.com
  6. black horehound: Wiktionary
  7. Black horehound, black horehound: Dictionary.com
  8. Black horehound: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. black horehound: Rhymezone
  10. black horehound: FreeDictionary.org
  11. black horehound: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. black horehound: TheFreeDictionary.com

Science (1 matching dictionary)
  1. A Modern Herbal, 1931, by Mrs. M. Grieve (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (black horehound)

noun:  The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.

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