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STINKING HOREHOUND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does stinking horehound mean? 

STINKING HOREHOUND (noun)
  The noun STINKING HOREHOUND has 1 sense:

1. ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowersplay

  Familiarity information: STINKING HOREHOUND used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


STINKING HOREHOUND (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Ballota nigra; black archangel; black horehound; fetid horehound; stinking horehound

Hypernyms ("stinking horehound" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Holonyms ("stinking horehound" is a member of...):

Ballota; genus Ballota (perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehound)


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