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horsemint
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Horsemint
(gcide) | Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
punctata}).
(b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
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Horsemint
(gcide) | Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See Mentha.
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Note:
Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects.
Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
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Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
Mint julep. See Julep.
Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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horsemint
(wn) | horsemint
n 1: an annual horsemint of central and western United States
and northern Mexico [syn: lemon mint, horsemint,
Monarda citriodora]
2: tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and
heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown
from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
[syn: horsemint, Monarda punctata]
3: a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and
spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern
United States [syn: horsemint, Mentha longifolia] |
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Horsemint
(gcide) | Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
punctata}).
(b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
[1913 Webster]Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See Mentha.
[1913 Webster]
Note:
Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects.
Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
[1913 Webster]
Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
Mint julep. See Julep.
Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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