mint, plant from the Mentha family; mint-flavored candy
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Peppermints Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
Noun
1. herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
(synonym) Mentha piperita
(hypernym) mint
(substance-meronym) peppermint oil
2. red gum tree of Tasmania
(synonym) red gum, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina
(hypernym) eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
3. a candy flavored with peppermint oil
(synonym) peppermint candy
(hypernym) mint, mint candy
(substance-meronym) peppermint oil
Peppermints Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Peppermint (Mentha × piperita, also known as M. balsamea Willd.) is a hybrid mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. The plant, indigenous to Europe, is now widespread in cultivation throughout all regions of the world. It is found wild occasionally with its parent species.
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