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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 States
Familiarity information: FIELD MINT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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