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hairhound

hairhound is the alternative form of horehound.

Meaning of horehound

Noun

horehound (countable and uncountable, plural horehounds)

  1. Any plant of the genus Marrubium.
    1. especially, a herb of species (Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.
  2. Any plant of the genus Ballota.

Questions about hairhound

What is hairhound the alternative form of?
Hairhound is the alternative form of horehound.

Words near hairhound in the dictionary

  1. hairgrasses
  2. hairgrip
  3. hairgrips
  4. hairhat
  5. hairhats
  6. hairhound
  7. hairier
  8. hairies
  9. hairiest
  10. hairily
  11. hairiness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hairhound (page history and authors); horehound (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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