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MENTHA AQUATICA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha aquatica mean?
• MENTHA AQUATICA (noun)
The noun MENTHA AQUATICA has 1 sense:
1. a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America
Familiarity information: MENTHA AQUATICA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
Mentha aquatica; water-mint; water mint
Hypernyms ("Mentha aquatica" is a kind of...):
mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)
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