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noun
Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha.
Mentha arvensis
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: field mint, corn mint
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha.
Mentha longifolia
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: horse mint
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha.
Mentha pulegium
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: European pennyroyal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: American false pennyroyal, American pennyroyal
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, mint.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild + mint.
