MENTHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha mean? 

• MENTHA (noun)
  The noun MENTHA has 1 sense:

1. mint plants

  Familiarity information: MENTHA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTHA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Mint plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Mentha; Mentha

Hypernyms ("Mentha" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "Mentha"):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)

Holonyms ("Mentha" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

 Context examples 

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Mentha x piperita.

(Peppermint Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

The essential oil extracted from the leaves of Mentha pulegium.

(Pennyroyal Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Mentha arvensis flower oil is used as a flavoring and can also be used for the treatment of skin problems.

(Mentha arvensis Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)

Other examples include a hybrid of zinc and chicory (Cichorium intybus), extracts of seaweed (Gracilaria edulis) and horse mint (Mentha longifolia).

(Mango leaf extract can stop ships from rusting, SciDev.Net)

The essential oil of Mentha arvensis, the field mint.

(Mentha arvensis Flower Oil, NCI Thesaurus)