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noun
A coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
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noun
Wild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
An aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, Western, countable, uncountable
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noun
a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Mentha longifolia
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mint
noun
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: Monarda punctata
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Broader terms: monarda, wild bergamot
noun
an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: lemon mint, Monarda citriodora
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: monarda, wild bergamot
History
From Middle English horsmynte, from Old English horsminte, equivalent to horse + mint.
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