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peppermints

peppermints is the plural of peppermint.

Meaning of peppermint

Noun

peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)

  1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
  2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils.
    • In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76
  3. (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery.

Questions about peppermints

What is peppermints the plural of?
Peppermints is the plural of peppermint.

Words near peppermints in the dictionary

  1. peppermint tree
  2. peppermint trees
  3. peppermintini
  4. peppermintinis
  5. peppermintlike
  6. peppermints
  7. pepperminty
  8. peppernut
  9. peppernuts
  10. pepperoncini
  11. pepperoncino

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