Ballota nigra : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Ballota nigra	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for Ballota nigra
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Ballota nigra n ill-smelling European herb with rugose leaves and whorls of dark purple flowers Synonym(s): black horehound, black archangel, fetid horehound, stinking horehound, Ballota nigra
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Horehound \Hore"hound`\, n. [OE. horehune, AS. h[be]rhune; h[be]r hoar, gray + hune horehound; cf. L. cunila a species of organum, Gr. [?], Skr. kn[?]y to smell.] (Bot.) A plant of the genus {Marrubium} ({M. vulgare}), which has a bitter taste, and is a weak tonic, used as a household remedy for colds, coughing, etc. [Written also {hoarhound}.] {Fetid horehound}, [or] {Black horehound}, a disagreeable plant resembling horehound ({Ballota nigra}). {Water horehound}, a species of the genus {Lycopus}, resembling mint, but not aromatic.