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Corsican mint

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.

Noun

Corsican mint (usually uncountable, plural Corsican mints)

  1. (usually) 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.

Forms of Corsican mint

pluralCorsican mints

Questions about Corsican mint

What does Corsican mint mean?
Corsican mint means 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.
What part of speech is Corsican mint?
Corsican mint is a noun.
What is the plural of Corsican mint?
The plural of Corsican mint is Corsican mints.

Words near Corsican mint in the dictionary

  1. Corsi
  2. Corsica
  3. Corsican
  4. Corsican broom
  5. Corsican curse
  6. Corsican mint
  7. Corsican mints
  8. Corsican moss
  9. Corsican nuthatch
  10. Corsican nuthatches
  11. Corsican pine

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