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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Mentha \Men"tha\, n. [L. See Mint the plant.] (Bot.)
     A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the
     peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers,
     usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
     [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Mentha \Men"tha\, n. [L. See Mint the plant.] (Bot.)
     A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the
     peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers,
     usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Menthol \Men"thol\, n. [Mentha + -ol.] (Chem.)
     A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor,
     extracted from oil of peppermint ({Mentha); -- called also
     mint camphor or peppermint camphor.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  Mentha
       n : mint plants [syn: genus Mentha]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mentha
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of the mint genus ''Mentha'', mints and similar
  species.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Mentha
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Lamiaceae mints)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  mentha
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of the mint genus ''Mentha'', mints and similar
  species.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  mentha
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of the mint genus ''Mentha'', mints and similar
  species.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Mentha
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Lamiaceae mints)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  mentha
     n.
     (lb en botany) Any of the mint genus ''Mentha'', mints and similar
  species.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Mentha
     Translingual n.
     (taxon genus family Lamiaceae mints)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  mentha
     Latina n.
     minttu

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