an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
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tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
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a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
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Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda punctata}). (b) In England, the wild mint ({Mentha sylvestris}).
Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa, mi`nqh.] (Bot.) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See {Mentha}.
Note:
{Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}.
{Horsemint} is {Mentha sylvestris}, and in the United States {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in several respects.
{Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America.
{Peppermint} is {Mentha piperita}.
{Spearmint} is {Mentha viridis}.
{Water mint} is {Mentha aquatica}.
{Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.
{Mint julep}. See {Julep}.
{Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.