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FIELD MINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does field mint mean? 

FIELD MINT (noun)
  The noun FIELD MINT has 1 sense:

1. European mint naturalized in United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: FIELD MINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FIELD MINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

European mint naturalized in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

corn mint; field mint; Mentha arvensis

Hypernyms ("field mint" is a kind of...):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)


 Context examples 


The essential oil of Mentha arvensis, the field mint.

(Mentha arvensis Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)



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