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MENTHA LONGIFOLIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha longifolia mean?
• MENTHA LONGIFOLIA (noun)
The noun MENTHA LONGIFOLIA has 1 sense:
1. a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
Familiarity information: MENTHA LONGIFOLIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
horsemint; Mentha longifolia
Hypernyms ("Mentha longifolia" is a kind of...):
mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)
Context examples
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)
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