wild mint

English

Wild mint Mentha arvensis)

Wild mint (Mentha longifolia)

Etymology

From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild +‎ mint.

Noun

wild mint (uncountable)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild,‎ mint.
2. (botany) Any plant of certain species of genus Mentha
   1. Mentha arvensis

      Synonyms: field mint, corn mint

   2. Mentha longifolia

      Synonym: horse mint

   3. Mentha pulegium

      Synonym: European pennyroyal

3. Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides

   Synonyms: American false pennyroyal, American pennyroyal

References

• wild mint on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mentha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mentha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• “wild mint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• wild mint at USDA Plants database