horehound
/ˈhɔːhaʊnd/(亦作hoarhound)
noun
1- a strong-smelling hairy plant of the mint family, with a tradition of use in medicine苦薄荷, 夏至草。
1.1
- Two species in the family Labiatae: white horehound(Marrubium vulgare), a widely distributed plant traditionally used as a medicinal herb, and black horehound(Ballota nigra), a Eurasian plant which was formerly reputed to cure the bite of a mad dog.唇形科, 两种：分布广泛, 传统上作为草药的白夏至草（拉丁名Marrubium vulgare）, 和据说曾被用来治疗疯狗咬伤的欧亚植物黑夏至草（拉丁名Ballota nigra）。
1.2
- mass noun the bitter aromatic juice of white horehound, used especially in the treatment of coughs and colds（尤指用于治疗咳嗽和伤风的）白夏至草苦汁。
词源
Old English hāre hūne, from hār（see HOAR）+hūne, the name of the white horehound, also applied to related plants.