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Meaning of HORSEMINT

Pronunciation:  'hors`mint

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
  2. [n]  tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico
  3. [n]  an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
 

HORSEMINT is a 9 letter word that starts with H.

 

 Synonyms: lemon mint, Mentha longifolia, Monarda citriodora, Monarda punctata
 
 See Also: mint, monarda, wild bergamot

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Horse"mint`\, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family ({Monarda
    punctata}).
(b) In England, the wild mint ({Mentha sylvestris}).

 

 

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