horsemint
horsemint · horsemints
A coarse American plant of the mint familyA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
Meaning
3 senses(US, countable, uncountable)A coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
(UK, countable, uncountable)Wild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
(US, Western, countable, uncountable)An aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
More definitions
- a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
- 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
- an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
Origin
From Middle English horsmynte, from Old English horsminte, equivalent to horse + mint.From Middle English horsmynte, from Old English horsminte, equivalent to horse + mint.
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Forms
plural: horsemintsSynonyms
9 synonymsMonarda punctata:spotted bee balmspotted horsemintdotted horsemint
Agastache urticifolia:nettle-leaved horsemintnettle-leaf giant hyssop
Close in meaning
- a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States:Mentha longifolia
- 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:Monarda punctata
- an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico:lemon mintMonarda citriodora
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedsweet horsemint
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable