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noun
Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: herb, herbaceous plant
Narrower terms: common calamint, Calamintha sylvatica, Satureja calamintha officinalis, large-flowered calamint, Calamintha grandiflora, Clinopodium grandiflorum, Satureja grandiflora, lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja calamintha glandulosa
History
From French calament (assimilated in English to mint), from Old French calament, calamente, from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek). Attested since early 17th century.
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