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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Water mint \Wa"ter mint`\ A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di a lord's pear.] 1. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata). [1913 Webster] 2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. [1913 Webster] 3. A variety of pear. --Johnson. [1913 Webster] 4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. [1913 Webster] The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. --Cowper. [1913 Webster] 5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster] Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Mentha aquatica n 1: 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]