English word senses marked with lifeform category "Mints"

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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 29 word senses

• 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.
• 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
• 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)
• corn mint (Noun) A form of mint, Mentha arvensis.
• 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.
• horsemint (Noun) Wild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
• 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.
• orange mint (Noun) A mint that smells of oranges, now specifically bergamot mint, Mentha × piperita var. citrata.
• 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.
• spearmint (Noun) A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.
• water mint (Noun) A herb in the mint family, Mentha aquatica.
• wild mint (Noun) Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides

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