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Definition of marrubium
marrubium
/məˈruːbiəm/
mar · ru · bi · um
Plural:marrubiums
marrubium Lexical Profile
CEFR
C2
Grade
13
Tier
3
Usage
Rare
Syllables
4
• noun
1
Any plant of the genus Marrubium in the mint family Lamiaceae, commonly known as horehound, native to temperate Eurasia and northern Africa and characterized by woolly gray-green foliage and dense axillary whorls of small, two-lipped white or purplish-pink flowers.
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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Marrubium. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/marrubium