All languages combined word senses marked with lifeform category "Mints"
Parent categories: Menthinae subtribe plants, Mint family plants, Spices and herbs, Lamiales order plants, Foods, Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Eating, Food and drink, Lifeforms, Human behaviour, Life, Human, Nature
Total 105 word senses
- Apfelminze (Noun) [German] apple mint
- Bachminze (Noun) [German] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- Corsican mint (Noun) [English] A low-growing, moss-like species of mint with a pennyroyal fragrance, Mentha requienii, native to Italy, Corsica and Sardinia, and which is grown as an ornamental ground cover and traditionally used in crème de menthe.
- Menz (Noun) [Hunsrik] mint (any plant in the genus Mentha)
- Minze (Noun) [German] mint (genus Mentha)
- Pfefferminze (Noun) [German] peppermint (A sweet medicinal and culinary plant with strongly flavored leaves.)
- Wasserminze (Noun) [German] watermint
- apple mint (Noun) [English] Any herb with aroma or taste reminiscent of apple and mint, used for flavoring, herbal teas, and jellies.; Of species Mentha suaveolens
- apple-scented mint (Noun) [English] A herb of species Mentha suaveolens with aroma or taste reminiscent of apple and mint.
- bergamot (Noun) [English] A tree of the orange family (Citrus × limon, syn. Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume.
- bergamot (Noun) [English] Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:; Mentha × piperita, nothosubspecies citrata, more commonly known as bergamot mint
- bergamot (Noun) [English] Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:; Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- borsmenta (Noun) [Hungarian] peppermint (herb, Mentha × piperita)
- borógach (Noun) [Irish] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- brotherwort (Noun) [English] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- brymlys (Noun) [Welsh] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- bạc hà (Noun) [Vietnamese] mint
- bạc hà (Noun) [Vietnamese] Colocasia gigantea
- corn mint (Noun) [English] A form of mint, Mentha arvensis.
- csombormenta (Noun) [Hungarian] pennyroyal, pudding grass, squaw mint (a plant of the mint family, Mentha pulegium)
- field mint (Noun) [English] Synonym of wild mint, Mentha arvensis.
- fodormenta (Noun) [Hungarian] spearmint (herb, Mentha spicata)
- gingermint (Noun) [English] The mint hybrid Mentha × gracilis.
- hart's pennyroyal (Noun) [English] An annual mint native to the western Mediterranean and the Azores, Mentha cervina, having a similar scent and other properties to pennyroyal.
- herba-sana d'aigua (Noun) [Catalan] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- horsemint (Noun) [English] Wild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
- hortelám (Noun) [Macanese] mint
- hortelám di sopa (Noun) [Macanese] spearmint (Mentha viridis)
- hortelã (Noun) [Portuguese] mint (any of several aromatic plants of the family Lamiaceae)
- hortelã verde (Noun) [Portuguese] spearmint (Mentha spicata, a herb)
- hīoi (Noun) [Maori] New Zealand mint (Mentha cunninghamii)
- llysiau poeth (Noun) [Welsh] peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- lus an phiobair (Noun) [Irish] peppermint
- menta (Noun) [Portuguese] mint (any plant of the family Lamiaceae)
- menta (Noun) [Portuguese] mint (flavouring extracted from the mint plant)
- menta de caballo (Noun) [Spanish] wild mint (Mentha longifolia)
- mentha (Noun) [English] Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
- menthaceous (Adjective) [English] mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae).
- menthe (Noun) [French] mint
- menthe poivrée (Noun) [French] peppermint (hybrid herb of the mint family, formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections)
- menthol (Noun) [English] A cyclic monoterpene alcohol; the major component of the essential oil of peppermint; used in pharmaceutical preparations as an antitussive and antipruritic agent, as a nasal decongestant, and in menthol cigarettes.
- menthol (Noun) [English] A menthol cigarette.
- mint (Noun) [English] Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- mint chocolate (Noun) [English] Sweet food made by mixing chocolate with spearmint or peppermint.
- mint chocolate chip (Noun) [English] An ice cream flavor with a spearmint or peppermint base and chocolate chips.
- mint tea (Noun) [English] An herb tea made by steeping leaves of plants of the mint family in hot water.
- minttu (Noun) [Finnish] mint (plant of the genus Mentha)
- mintys (Noun) [Welsh] mint (Mentha)
- mintys Corsica (Noun) [Welsh] Corsican mint (Mentha requienii)
- mintys Mair (Noun) [Welsh] spearmint, garden mint (Mentha spicata)
- mintys arogl afalaidd (Noun) [Welsh] apple-scented mint, apple mint, round-leaved mint (Mentha suaveolens, or one of its hybrids, Mentha × rotundifolia)
- mintys bawn (Noun) [Welsh] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- mintys deilgrwn (Noun) [Welsh] round-leaved mint, apple-scented mint, apple mint (Mentha suaveolens, or one of its hybrids, Mentha × rotundifolia)
- mintys gardd (Noun) [Welsh] garden mint, spearmint (Mentha spicata)
- mintys poeth (Noun) [Welsh] peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- mintys rhiol (Noun) [Welsh] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- mintys y gwaed (Noun) [Welsh] spearmint, garden mint (Mentha spicata)
- mintys y meirch (Noun) [Welsh] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- mintys ysbigog (Noun) [Welsh] spearmint, garden mint (Mentha spicata)
- miontas (Noun) [Irish] mint
- miontas piobair (Noun) [Irish] peppermint
- mismín dearg (Noun) [Irish] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- munt (Noun) [Dutch] mint (plant), of genus Mentha
- muntz (Noun) [Cimbrian] mint
- münt (Noun) [Estonian] mint (plant in the genus Mentha)
- orange mint (Noun) [English] A mint that smells of oranges, now specifically the Eau de Cologne mint, Mentha × piperita var. citrata.
- pennyroyal (Noun) [English] Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.
- pepermunt (Noun) [Dutch] a peppermint plant (Mentha × piperita)
- peppermint (Noun) [English] A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
- pineapple mint (Noun) [English] A variegated cultivar of apple-scented mint, Mentha suaveolens.
- piparminttu (Noun) [Finnish] peppermint
- poethlyslyn (Noun) [Welsh] peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- poexo (Noun) [Galician] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- pouliot (Noun) [French] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- pubren (Noun) [Welsh] peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- pudding grass (Noun) [English] Mentha pulegium, the European pennyroyal.
- pudhina (Noun) [English] mint
- pudina (Noun) [English] A form of mint, Mentha arvensis, found in parts of India and Pakistan and used in tea and cooking.
- pupurfintys (Noun) [Welsh] peppermint (Mentha × piperita)
- spearmint (Noun) [English] A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.
- vesiminttu (Noun) [Finnish] watermint, Mentha aquatica
- viherminttu (Noun) [Finnish] spearmint, Mentha spicata.
- water mint (Noun) [English] A herb in the mint family, Mentha aquatica.
- watermunt (Noun) [Dutch] water mint (Mentha aquatica)
- wild mint (Noun) [English] Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides.
- yarpuz (Noun) [Turkish] pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- يالپۇز (Noun) [Uyghur] field mint, peppermint
- 日本薄荷 (Noun) [Japanese] Japanese mint (Mentha canadensis)
- 薄荷 (Noun) [Chinese] mint (Mentha spp., especially Mentha canadensis) or mint-like plant
- 薄荷 (Noun) [Japanese] Short for 日本薄荷 (Nihon hakka, “Japanese mint”).
- 薄荷 (Noun) [Okinawan] mint
- 薄荷腦 (Noun) [Chinese] menthol
- 西洋薄荷 (Noun) [Japanese] Synonym of ペパーミント (pepāminto, “peppermint”)
- 민트 (Noun) [Korean] mint (plant of the genus Mentha)
- 박하 (Noun) [Korean] In particular, the East Asian wild mint (Mentha canadensis).
- 박화 (Noun) [Jeju] mint
- מיאַטע (Noun) [Yiddish] mint (plant)
- מינץ (Noun) [Yiddish] change, spare change
- מיענטע (Noun) [Yiddish] mint (plant)
- מענטע (Noun) [Yiddish] mint
- ענגלישע מענטע (Noun) [Yiddish] peppermint
- פֿעפֿערמינץ (Noun) [Yiddish] peppermint
- ペパーミント (Noun) [Japanese] peppermint
- ミント (Noun) [Japanese] mint (plant)
- புதினா (Noun) [Tamil] mint
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