black horehound

English

Noun

black horehound (uncountable)

1. The plant Ballota nigra possessing a disagreeable odor. Traditionally used as a medicinal herb as an antispasmodic, stimulant and vermifuge.

Synonyms

• black stinking horehound

Translations

Ballota nigra

• Bulgarian: черна капела f (černa kapela)
• Catalan: malrubí negre m
• Finnish: valkoporro, porro (fi)
• Greek:

  Ancient: βαλλωτή f (ballōtḗ), γνοτέρα f (gnotéra)

• Hungarian: fekete peszterce (hu)
• Italian: ballota (it) f, cimiciotto m
• Norman: meuthe-en-c'mîn m
• Russian: белоку́дренник чёрный m (belokúdrennik čórnyj)
• Spanish: ballota fétida f, ballota negra f
• Swedish: bosyska c

See also

• horehound