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wild mint

wild mint noun: mentha arvensis.

wild mint: mentha arvensis
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Noun

wild mint (uncountable)

  1. Mentha arvensis
  2. Mentha longifolia
    Synonyms:
    horse mint
  3. Mentha pulegium
    Synonyms:
    European pennyroyal
  4. Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides.
    Synonyms:
    American false pennyroyal, American pennyroyal
  5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, mint.

Synonyms of wild mint

All synonyms of wild mint

Origin of wild mint

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

Questions about wild mint

What does wild mint mean?
Wild mint means mentha arvensis.
What part of speech is wild mint?
Wild mint is a noun.

Words near wild mint in the dictionary

  1. wild mangosteens
  2. wild mare's milk
  3. wild marjoram
  4. wild marjorams
  5. wild men
  6. wild mint
  7. wild mustard
  8. wild oat
  9. wild oats
  10. wild olive
  11. wild olives

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