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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 flavoring
Familiarity information: MARRUBIUM VULGARE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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