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CALAMINT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("calamint" is a kind of...):
herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "calamint"):
Calamintha sylvatica; common calamint; Satureja calamintha officinalis (mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe)
Calamintha grandiflora; Clinopodium grandiflorum; large-flowered calamint; Satureja grandiflora (aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran)
Calamintha nepeta; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa; field balm; lesser calamint; Satureja calamintha glandulosa; Satureja nepeta (low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States)
Holonyms ("calamint" is a member of...):
Calamintha; genus Calamintha (calamint)
