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MARRUBIUM VULGARE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Marrubium vulgare mean? 

MARRUBIUM VULGARE (noun)
  The noun MARRUBIUM VULGARE has 1 sense:

1. European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoringplay

  Familiarity information: MARRUBIUM VULGARE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MARRUBIUM VULGARE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European aromatic herb with hairy leaves and numerous white flowers in axillary cymes; leaves yield a bitter extract use medicinally and as flavoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

common horehound; Marrubium vulgare; white horehound

Hypernyms ("Marrubium vulgare" is a kind of...):

horehound (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Marrubium)


 Context examples 


The essential oil of Marrubium vulgare.

(Horehound Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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