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Definition of Black horehound

1. Noun. Ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers.

Definition of Black horehound

1. Noun. The plant ''Ballota nigra'' possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge. ¹

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Black Horehound

Literary usage of Black horehound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The British flora medica: a history of the medicinal plants of Great Britain by Benjamin Herbert Barton, Thomas Castle (1877)
"... be esteemed as a serviceable expectorant. It is still a favourite popular remedy in coughs. CVI. BALLOTA NIGUA, L. black horehound. Nat. Ord. LABIATE. ..."

2. An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language by Walter William Skeat (1893)
"334 ; where we also find : ' the syllable hiir, hoary, describes the aspect, so that " black horehound " shews how we have forgotten our own language. ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"В ALLO TE, Stinking black Horehound. ... Stinking black Horehound, with white Flowers. ... This is the common black Horehound of the Shops. ..."

4. Hortus Kewensis: Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1789)
"Woolly black Horehound. Nat. of Siberia. Cult. 1776, by Mr. James Gordon. ... Betony-leav'd black Horehound. Nat. of the Eaft Indies. Introd. ..."

5. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Common Black-Horehound. ft Ballota alba. Willden. sp.pl. 3. p. 108. White-flower'd black horehound. Nat. of Britain. Fl. July—September. H. If. lanata. 2. ..."

6. Familiar Wild Flowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1902)
"The black horehound has a perennial root of a woody and fibrous nature. From this several steins arise, ..."

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