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Webster 1913 Edition
Mentha
‖
Men′tha
,Noun.
[L. See
Mint
the plant.] (Bot.)
A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers, usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
Definition 2024
Mentha
Mentha
See also: mentha
Translingual
Proper noun
Mentha f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Menthinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (henus): Mentha spicata (spearmint, curly mint) - type species (vernacular name); Mentha aquatica (water mint, marsh mint); Mentha arvensis (corn mint, wild mint, Japanese peppermint, field mint); Mentha asiatica (Asian mint); Mentha australis (Australian mint); Mentha canadensis; Mentha cervina (Hart's pennyroyal); Mentha citrata (bergamot mint); Mentha crispata (wrinkled-leaf mint); Mentha cunninghamia; Mentha dahurica (Dahurian thyme); Mentha diemenica (slender mint); Mentha gattefossei; Mentha grandiflora; Mentha haplocalyx; Mentha japonica; Mentha kopetdaghensis; Mentha laxiflora (forest mint); Mentha longifolia (horse mint); Mentha nemorosa (large apple mint, foxtail mint, hairy mint, woolly mint, Cuban mint); Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal); Mentha piperita); Mentha requienii (Corsican mint); Mentha sachalinensis (garden mint); Mentha satureioides (native pennyroyal); Mentha suaveolens (apple mint, pineapple mint); Mentha vagans (gray mint) - other species (vernacular name)
mentha
mentha
See also: Mentha
English
Noun
mentha (plural menthas)
- (botany) Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
- 1974, Daniel J. Foley, Herbs for Use and for Delight: An Anthology from The Herbarist (page 89)
- Very aromatic; all culinary menthas can be used for sauces, jellies, and candied leaves.
- 1976, Agriculture and Agro-industries Journal (volume 9, page 19)
- In the plots where black peppermint were planted as inter-row crop, there were 4 rows of Citronella or other menthas with alternate rows of black peppermint.
- 1974, Daniel J. Foley, Herbs for Use and for Delight: An Anthology from The Herbarist (page 89)