Mentha arvensis | | |
n. (plant) | 1. corn mint, field mint, mentha arvensis | European mint naturalized in United States. |
| ~ mint | any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers. |
mint | | |
n. (quantity) | 1. batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad | (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent.; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money" |
| ~ large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity | an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude. |
| ~ deluge, flood, inundation, torrent | an overwhelming number or amount.; "a flood of requests"; "a torrent of abuse" |
| ~ haymow | a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation. |
n. (plant) | 2. mint | any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers. |
| ~ mint | the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied. |
| ~ herb, herbaceous plant | a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests. |
| ~ genus mentha, mentha | mint plants. |
| ~ corn mint, field mint, mentha arvensis | European mint naturalized in United States. |
| ~ mentha aquatica, water-mint, water mint | a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America. |
| ~ eau de cologne mint, mentha citrata, bergamot mint, lemon mint | mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange. |
| ~ mentha longifolia, horsemint | a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States. |
| ~ mentha piperita, peppermint | herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring. |
| ~ mentha spicata, spearmint | common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring. |
| ~ apple mint, applemint, mentha rotundifolia, mentha suaveolens | mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States. |
| ~ mentha pulegium, pennyroyal | Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil. |
n. (plant) | 3. mint | any member of the mint family of plants. |
| ~ family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family | a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary. |
n. (food) | 4. mint | the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied. |
| ~ mint candy, mint | a candy that is flavored with a mint oil. |
| ~ herb | aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities. |
| ~ mint | any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers. |
n. (food) | 5. mint, mint candy | a candy that is flavored with a mint oil. |
| ~ candy, confect | a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts. |
| ~ peppermint candy, peppermint | a candy flavored with peppermint oil. |
| ~ mint | the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied. |
n. (artifact) | 6. mint | a plant where money is coined by authority of the government. |
| ~ industrial plant, plant, works | buildings for carrying on industrial labor.; "they built a large plant to manufacture automobiles" |
| ~ u.s. mint, united states mint, us mint | the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion. |
v. (creation) | 7. coin, mint, strike | form by stamping, punching, or printing.; "strike coins"; "strike a medal" |
| ~ create from raw material, create from raw stuff | make from scratch. |
adj. | 8. mint | as if new.; "in mint condition" |
| ~ perfect | being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish.; "a perfect circle"; "a perfect reproduction"; "perfect happiness"; "perfect manners"; "a perfect specimen"; "a perfect day" |
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