Horsemint

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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}.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     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}.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.
  
     {Mint julep}. See {Julep}.
  
     {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  horsemint
       n 1: an annual horsemint of central and western United States and
            northern Mexico [syn: {lemon mint}, {Monarda citriodora}]
       2: 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 [syn: {Monarda punctata}]
       3: a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and
          spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern
          United States [syn: {Mentha longifolia}]