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HORSEMINT

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States

Synonyms:

horsemint; Mentha longifolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("horsemint" is a kind of...):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

horsemint; Monarda punctata

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("horsemint" is a kind of...):

monarda; wild bergamot (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda)

Sense 3

Meaning:

An annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico

Synonyms:

horsemint; lemon mint; Monarda citriodora

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("horsemint" is a kind of...):

monarda; wild bergamot (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda)

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