MENTHA SPICATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mentha spicata mean? 

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

1. common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MENTHA SPICATA (noun)

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Meaning:

Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Mentha spicata; spearmint

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

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

Meronyms (substance of "Mentha spicata"):

spearmint oil (an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant)