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hoarhound

hoarhound 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.

Forms of hoarhound

pluralhoarhounds

Questions about hoarhound

What is hoarhound the alternative form of?
Hoarhound is the alternative form of horehound.

Words near hoarhound in the dictionary

  1. hoarfrosts
  2. hoarfrosty
  3. hoarhead
  4. hoarheaded
  5. hoarheads
  6. hoarhound
  7. hoarhounds
  8. hoarier
  9. hoariest
  10. hoarily
  11. hoariness

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hoarhound (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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