mentha aquatica

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mentha aquatica - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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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  Water mint \Wa"ter mint`\
     A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and
     sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
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  Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
     fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
     a lord's pear.]
     1. (Bot.)
        (a) A tree of the Orange family (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. Also, the fruit.
        (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).
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     2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
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     3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
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     4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
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              The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
                                                    --Cowper.
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     5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
        hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
        invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
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     Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
        (Monarda fistulosa).
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mentha aquatica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Mentha aquatica
      n 1: a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume
           like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern
           North America [syn: water-mint, water mint, Mentha aquatica
           ]