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 1a
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Origin and Etymology of marrubium
New Latin, from Latin, horehound
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