'Water mint' definitions:
Definition of 'water mint'
From: WordNet
noun
A European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America [syn: water-mint, water mint, Mentha aquatica]
Definition of 'Water mint'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- Mint camphor. (Chem.) See Menthol.
- Mint julep. See Julep.
- Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Water mint'
From: GCIDE
- Water mint \Wa"ter mint`\ A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot. [1913 Webster]