MENTHA PIPERITA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha piperita mean? 

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

1. herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTHA PIPERITA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mentha piperita; peppermint

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "Mentha piperita"):

peppermint oil (oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring)