English Explanatory Dictionary

wild mint

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha.
  2. Mentha arvensis
  3. Mentha longifolia
  4. Mentha pulegium
  5. Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides.
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, mint.

Word forms

wild mint

Etymology

From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild + mint.

Synonyms

field mint corn mint horse mint European pennyroyal American false pennyroyal American pennyroyal
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