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Marrubium

noun
Mar·​ru·​bi·​um | \ -ēəm\

Definition of Marrubium

: a genus of Old World mints having wrinkled leaves and small white or purple flowers in dense axillary clusters — see horehound sense 1a

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History and Etymology for Marrubium

New Latin, from Latin, horehound

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