horsemint

3 definitions found

horsemint - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
     (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda   punctata
         ).
     (b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
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  Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
     mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
     The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
     genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
     distillation. See Mentha.
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     Note:
  
     Corn mint is Mentha arvensis.
  
     Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
        Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
        several respects.
  
     Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
        Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
  
     Peppermint is Mentha piperita.
  
     Spearmint is Mentha viridis.
  
     Water mint is Mentha aquatica.
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     Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
  
     Mint julep. See Julep.
  
     Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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horsemint - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  horsemint
      n 1: an annual horsemint of central and western United States
           and northern Mexico [syn: lemon mint, horsemint,
           Monarda citriodora]
      2: tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and
         heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown
         from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
         [syn: horsemint, Monarda punctata]
      3: a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and
         spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern
         United States [syn: horsemint, Mentha longifolia]