wild mint

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English

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Wild mint Mentha arvensis)
Wild mint (Mentha longifolia)

Etymology

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From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild +‎ mint.

Noun

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wild mint (uncountable)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild,‎ mint.
  2. (botany) Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha
    1. Mentha arvensis
      Synonyms: field mint, corn mint
    2. Mentha longifolia
      Synonym: horse mint
    3. Mentha pulegium
      Synonym: European pennyroyal
  3. Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides
    Synonyms: American false pennyroyal, American pennyroyal

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