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LESSER CALAMINT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does lesser calamint mean? 

LESSER CALAMINT (noun)
  The noun LESSER CALAMINT has 1 sense:

1. low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United Statesplay

  Familiarity information: LESSER CALAMINT used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


LESSER CALAMINT (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Calamintha nepeta; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa; field balm; lesser calamint; Satureja calamintha glandulosa; Satureja nepeta

Hypernyms ("lesser calamint" is a kind of...):

calamint (perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America)


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