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BASIL MINT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does basil mint mean?
• BASIL MINT (noun)
The noun BASIL MINT has 1 sense:
1. perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised
Familiarity information: BASIL MINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial herb of the eastern United States having inconspicuous greenish flowers and narrow leaves that are very aromatic when bruised
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
basil mint; Pycnanthemum virginianum
Hypernyms ("basil mint" is a kind of...):
mountain mint (any of a number of perennial herbs of the genus Pycnanthemum; eastern North America and California)
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