資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Note:
{Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}.
{Horsemint} is {M. 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 {M. piperita}.
{Spearmint} is {M. viridis}.
{Water mint} is {M. aquatica}.
{Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.
{Mint julep}. See {Julep}.
{Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
Horsemint \Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
punctata}).
(b) In England, the wild mint ({Mentha sylvestris}).
資料來源 : WordNet®
Monarda punctata
n : 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 [syn: {horsemint}]