English word senses marked with lifeform category "Menthinae subtribe plants"
Parent categories: Mint family plants, Spices and herbs, Lamiales order plants, Foods, Plants, Shrubs, Trees, Eating, Food and drink, Lifeforms, Human behaviour, Life, Human, Nature
Subcategories: Mints
Total 83 word senses
- American pennyroyal (Noun) A pennyroyal-scented herb of eastern North America, Hedeoma pulegioides.
- Corsican mint (Noun) 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.
- English oregano (Noun) The most common type of oregano, Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare, which grows wild in England.
- English thyme (Noun) A common species of thyme grown for its use in cooking, Thymus vulgaris, especially a cultivated type with rounder, flatter and smoother leaves.
- French thyme (Noun) A variety of English thyme with leaves that curl under along the sides and that have woolly hairs on the undersides, and which is often considered one of the best thymes for cooking.
- Mexican oregano (Noun) A Mexican and southwestern-US herb related to bee balm, Mt. Pima oregano, Monarda austromontana, which smells and tastes like oregano
- Mt. Pima oregano (Noun) An herb related to bee balm native to Arizona, New Mexico, and northern Mexico, Monarda austromontana, which smells and tastes like oregano
- Oswego tea (Noun) An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma) with bright red labiate flowers; also called bee balm or bergamot.
- Spanish oregano (Noun) A mediterranean herb similar to thyme, Thymbra capitata, which smells and tastes like oregano and which is an important source for oil of oregano.
- amaracus (Noun) Marjoram.
- apple mint (Noun) Any herb with aroma or taste reminiscent of apple and mint, used for flavoring, herbal teas, and jellies.; of species Mentha suaveolens
- balm (Noun) Any of various aromatic resins exuded from certain plants, especially trees of the genus Commiphora of Africa, Arabia and India and Myroxylon of South America.
- basil balm (Noun) A perennial herb, Monarda clinopodia, found in eastern North America, which has aromatic foliage and white- or yellowish- pink flowers.
- basil thyme (Noun) An aromatic herb, Clinopodium acinos (syn. Acinos arvensis)
- basilweed (Noun) The wild basil, Clinopodium vulgare.
- bastard pennyroyal (Noun) Plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to North America and having a pennyroyal-like scent, including:; Blue curls, Trichostema dichotomum, native to the eastern US.
- bastard pennyroyal (Noun) Plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to North America and having a pennyroyal-like scent, including:; Trichostema setaceum (Trichostema lineare in older references), also native to the eastern US, which is usually qualified as linear-leaved or narrow bastard pennyroyal.
- bastard pennyroyal (Noun) Plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to North America and having a pennyroyal-like scent, including:; Monardella lanceolata, native to California and Baja California.
- bee balm (Noun) The aromatic plant Monarda didyma or bergamot, native to North America.
- bergamot (Noun) 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) 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) Either of two plants of the mint family noted for their bergamot-like scent:; Monarda didyma, also known as American bergamot or bee balm.
- brotherwort (Noun) pennyroyal (Mentha pulegium)
- brotherwort (Noun) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- calamint (Noun) Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.
- caraway thyme (Noun) A creeping species of thyme native to the Mediterranean islands of Sardinia, Corsica and Majorca, which is grown for its caraway-scented leaves
- corn mint (Noun) A form of mint, Mentha arvensis.
- creeping thyme (Noun) Wild thyme, Thymus serpyllum, which has a similar habit.
- dittany (Noun) A labiate plant, Origanum dictamnus, formerly renowned for its medicinal properties; dittany of Crete.
- dittany (Noun) A fragrant plant in the rue family, Dictamnus albus
- dittany (Noun) A fragrant herb in the mint family native to the eastern US, Cunila origanoides
- field mint (Noun) Synonym of wild mint Mentha arvensis
- gingermint (Noun) The mint hybrid Mentha × gracilis.
- hart's pennyroyal (Noun) An annual mint native to the western Mediterranean and the Azores, Mentha cervina, having a similar scent and other properties to pennyroyal.
- hillwort (Noun) Calamintha nepeta, a perennial herb in the mint family.
- horsemint (Noun) A coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
- horsemint (Noun) Wild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
- horsemint (Noun) An aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
- hyssop (Noun) Any of several aromatic bushy herbs, of the genus Hyssopus, native to Southern Europe and once used medicinally.
- lemon thyme (Noun) A species of thyme with gold-variegated leaves and a lemon-like scent, Thymus citriodorus or Thymus × citriodorus (there's disagreement as to whether this is a hybrid).
- lemon thyme (Noun) Cultivars of other species with a similar appearance and scent, especially the creeping species Thymus pulegioides.
- marjoram (Noun) A herb of the mint family, Origanum majorana, having aromatic leaves.
- mentha (Noun) Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
- menthaceous (Adjective) mint-like (of genus Mentha, tribe Mentheae, or the obsolete family Menthaceae).
- menthol (Noun) 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) A menthol cigarette.
- mint (Noun) Any plant in the genus Mentha in the family Lamiaceae, typically aromatic with square stems.
- mint chocolate (Noun) Sweet food made by mixing chocolate with spearmint or peppermint.
- mint chocolate chip (Noun) An ice cream flavor with a spearmint or peppermint base and chocolate chips.
- mint tea (Noun) An herb tea made by steeping leaves of plants of the mint family in hot water.
- monarda (Noun) Any of the genus Monarda of flowering plants, the bergamots or bee balms.
- mother-of-thyme (Noun) Thymus praecox, a variety of thyme.
- mountain mint (Noun) Any plant of the genus Pycnanthemum in the mint family.
- mountain mint (Noun) Any of several plants in the genus Monardella, native to western North America
- mountain mint (Noun) A European herb, Clinopodium nepeta, sometimes used as a seasoning.
- nepitella (Noun) A herb, Clinopodium nepeta, lesser calamint.
- orange mint (Noun) A mint that smells of oranges, now specifically bergamot mint, Mentha × piperita var. citrata.
- oregano (Noun) Other herbs with a similar flavor, including other species in the genus Origanum, and Mexican oregano, Lippia graveolens
- origanum (Noun) Any herbaceous plant of the genus Origanum
- pellamountain (Noun) wild thyme (Thymus serpyllum)
- pennyroyal (Noun) Mentha pulegium, a plant of the mint family, formerly much used in various medicinal treatments and as a flea repellent.
- peppermint (Noun) 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) A variegated cultivar of apple mint, Mentha suaveolens.
- pudding grass (Noun) Mentha pulegium, the European pennyroyal.
- pudhina (Noun) mint
- pudina (Noun) A form of mint, Mentha arvensis, found in parts of India and Pakistan and used in tea and cooking.
- savory (Noun) Any of several Mediterranean herbs, of the genus Satureja, grown as culinary flavourings.
- serpolet (Noun) wild thyme
- spearmint (Noun) A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.
- spotted bee balm (Noun) Monarda punctata, found in Quebec, Ontario, eastern and south-central United States, California, and northeastern Mexico.
- squaw mint (Noun) Hedeoma pulegioides, the American pennyroyal.
- summer savory (Noun) Satureja hortensis
- sweet horsemint (Noun) The common dittany, Cunila origanoides.
- sweet marjoram (Noun) Origanum majorana, a fragrant species of marjoram.
- sweetleaf (Noun) Monarda fistulosa, wild bergamot, a medicinal and ornamental herb.
- thyme (Noun) Any plant of the labiate genus Thymus, such as garden thyme (Thymus vulgaris), a warm, pungent aromatic, that is much used to give a relish to seasoning and soups.
- water mint (Noun) A herb in the mint family, Mentha aquatica.
- wild bergamot (Noun) An American herb of the mint family, Monarda fistulosa.
- wild marjoram (Noun) English oregano, Origanum vulgare subsp. vulgare, which grows wild in the British Isles.
- wild mint (Noun) Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides
- wild thyme (Noun) A species of flowering plant in the mint family, Thymus serpyllum.
- winter savory (Noun) A perennial herb, Satureja montana, used in cooking as a substitute for the annual summer savory.
- yerba buena (Noun) A perennial herb native to North America, Satureja douglasii, having white or purple flowers and a mint-like fragrance.
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