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ˈwater-mint
Any aquatic plant of the labiate genus Mentha; chiefly the Bergamot Mint (Mentha aquatica) or the Brook-mint (M. hirsuta).
In the 17th c. water-mint and water-cress were sometimes treated as synonyms; it is not clear which of these names was used incorrectly.
1542Elyot Dict., Sisymbrium,..water mynte. 1548Turner Names of Herbes 74 Sisymbrium hortense is called in englishe, baume Mynte, or water Mynte. 1585Higins Junius' Nomencl. 136/1 Sisymbrium, offic. balsamita,..water mints. 1597Gerarde Herbal ii. ccxvii. 555 Of Horse Mint or Water Mint. 1 Mentha aquatica. Water mint. 2 Sisymbria Mentha Sweete Water Mint. Ibid., Water Mint is a kinde of wilde Mint. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts 540 The hearbe called water-minte, or water Cresses,..anointed vpon the..wounds which come by the venemous teeth of a Shrew, will very effectually cure the paine thereof. 1626Bacon Sylva §518 As wee see that Water-Mint turneth into Field Mint; And the Colewort into Rape by Neglect, &c. 1758Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornw. 230 Water-mint of a spicey smell. 1819Keats Song of Four Faeries 34 'Mid water-mint and cresses dim. 1899Bridges New Poems, Idle Flowers 11 With Comfrey, Watermint, Loose-strife and Meadowsweet. |