Found 3 items, similar to peppermint.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: peppermint
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: peppermint
peppermint
n 1: herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers
that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring [syn:
Mentha piperita
]
2: red gum tree of Tasmania [syn:
red gum,
peppermint gum,
Eucalyptus amygdalina]
3: a candy flavored with peppermint oil [syn:
peppermint candy]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Peppermint
Peppermint
\Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus
Mentha
(
Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and
confectionery.
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2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the
fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence
of peppermint) obtained from it.
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3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
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Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as
Menthol.
Peppermint tree (Bot.), a name given to several Australian
species of gum tree (
Eucalyptus amygdalina,
Eucalyptus piperita
,
E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable
wood, and yield an essential oil.
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Peppermint
\Pep"per*mint\, n. [Pepper + mint.]
1. (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus
Mentha
(
Mentha piperita), much used in medicine and
confectionery.
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2. A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the
fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence
of peppermint) obtained from it.
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3. A lozenge of sugar flavored with peppermint.
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Peppermint camphor. (Chem.) Same as
Menthol.
Peppermint tree (Bot.), a name given to several Australian
species of gum tree (
Eucalyptus amygdalina,
Eucalyptus piperita
,
E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable
wood, and yield an essential oil.
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Mint
\Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
genus
Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
distillation. See
Mentha.
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Note:
Corn mint is
Mentha arvensis.
Horsemint is
Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States
Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in
several respects.
Mountain mint is any species of the related genus
Pycnanthemum, common in North America.
Peppermint is
Mentha piperita.
Spearmint is
Mentha viridis.
Water mint is
Mentha aquatica.
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Mint camphor. (Chem.) See
Menthol.
Mint julep. See
Julep.
Mint sauce, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
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