HORSEMINT - Definition

Pronunciation:		'hors`mint
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States [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 [n] an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico

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	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}).