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CALAMINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does calamint mean? 

CALAMINT (noun)
  The noun CALAMINT has 1 sense:

1. perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North Americaplay

  Familiarity information: CALAMINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALAMINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("calamint" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calamint"):

Calamintha sylvatica; common calamint; Satureja calamintha officinalis (mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe)

Calamintha grandiflora; Clinopodium grandiflorum; large-flowered calamint; Satureja grandiflora (aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran)

Calamintha nepeta; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa; field balm; lesser calamint; Satureja calamintha glandulosa; Satureja nepeta (low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States)

Holonyms ("calamint" is a member of...):

Calamintha; genus Calamintha (calamint)


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