horehound

/hawr-hound, hohr-/US // ˈhɔrˌhaʊnd, ˈhoʊr- //UK // (ˈhɔːˌhaʊnd) //

罗汉果,猎犬,罗汉松,猎物

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
- : an Old World plant, Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, having downy leaves and small, whitish flowers, and containing a bitter, medicinal juice that is used as an expectorant, vermifuge, and laxative.
- : any of various plants of the mint family.
- : a brittle candy or lozenge flavored with horehound extract.

as incough drop

Synonyms

Chiefly found on nettles, which many shells like as food, though avoiding the commonly associated horehound.
It was well that Miss Prime did not discover it: she would have given him horehound to cure—thought!
Take a teaspoonful of the expressed juice of horehound (the herb) and mix it with a gill of new milk.
If you do not wish it to be very strong of horehound don't use quite so much.
Horehound clenseth the breast and lungs, helps old coughs, easeth hard labour in child-bearing, brings away the after-birth.