On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Horehound. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as herb or candy and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Horehound in a sentence
Horehound meaning
- Any plant of the genus Marrubium.
- especially, a herb of species (Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.
Using Horehound
- The main meaning on this page is: Any plant of the genus Marrubium. | Any plant of the genus Marrubium. | especially, a herb of species (Marrubium vulgare, of the mint family, traditionally used as a cough remedy and to make a type of hard candy.
- Useful related words include: herb, herbaceous plant, candy, confect.
Context around Horehound
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 0 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Horehound
- In this selection, "horehound" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, wild, plants, white, flowers, bug and references stand out and add context to how "horehound" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include candy and horehound lozenges using and gallery wild horehound flowers foliage. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "horehound" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with horehound
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Odd Night uses the brewery’s own horehound, lavender and anise hyssop to flavor the black ale. (17 words)
But they still make old-timey sweets such as peppermint ribbon candy and horehound lozenges using hand-cranked antique machines. (20 words)
Gallery Wild horehound flowers foliage of young plants Horehound bug, a common insect that feeds on White Horehound References Further reading *Everist, D.L. (1981) Poisonous Plants of Australia. 3rd edn (Angus & Robertson: Sydney). (34 words)
Gallery Wild horehound flowers foliage of young plants Horehound bug, a common insect that feeds on White Horehound References Further reading *Everist, D.L. (1981) Poisonous Plants of Australia. 3rd edn (Angus & Robertson: Sydney). (34 words)
But they still make old-timey sweets such as peppermint ribbon candy and horehound lozenges using hand-cranked antique machines. (20 words)
Odd Night uses the brewery’s own horehound, lavender and anise hyssop to flavor the black ale. (17 words)
Example sentences (3)
Gallery Wild horehound flowers foliage of young plants Horehound bug, a common insect that feeds on White Horehound References Further reading *Everist, D.L. (1981) Poisonous Plants of Australia. 3rd edn (Angus & Robertson: Sydney).
But they still make old-timey sweets such as peppermint ribbon candy and horehound lozenges using hand-cranked antique machines.
Odd Night uses the brewery’s own horehound, lavender and anise hyssop to flavor the black ale.