noun
ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers
• Syn: ↑black archangel, ↑fetid horehound, ↑stinking horehound, ↑Ballota nigra
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Ballota, ↑genus Ballota
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noun : an ill-smelling European herb (Ballota nigra) with ovate rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers — called also black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehound
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black horehound or stinking horehound
A darker-coloured related weed (Ballota nigra)
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Main Entry: ↑horehound
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black horehound,
an ill-smelling European plant of the mint family, found in waste land.
Useful english dictionary. 2012.