CREME DE MENTHE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does creme de menthe mean? 

• CREME DE MENTHE (noun)
  The noun CREME DE MENTHE has 1 sense:

1. sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur

  Familiarity information: CREME DE MENTHE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CREME DE MENTHE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sweet green or white mint-flavored liqueur

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("creme de menthe" is a kind of...):

cordial; liqueur (strong highly flavored sweet liquor usually drunk after a meal)

Holonyms ("creme de menthe" is a substance of...):

grasshopper (a cocktail made of creme de menthe and cream (sometimes with creme de cacao))

stinger (a cocktail made of made of creme de menthe and brandy)

 Context examples 

A characteristic of a medicinal product, specifying that its most predominant agreeable savor detected by the unified sensation of taste and olfactory receptors resembles creme de menthe.

(Creme de Menthe Flavor, NCI Thesaurus)