单词 | green mint |
释义 | > as lemmasgreen mint green mint n. spearmint, Mentha spicata (formerly M. viridis). ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular vegetables > [noun] > culinary herbs > mint or spearmint minteOE spearmint1562 brown mint1597 mackerel mint1597 green mint1770 pudina1842 spire mint1863 1770 J. Hill Veg. Syst. XVII. 52 (heading) Green Mint... Mentha Viridis. 1829 J. Togno & E. Durand tr. H. Milne-Edwards & P. Vavasseur Man. Materia Medica vi. 199 The most used of them are, the Crisped Mint, Mentha crispa, Lin.; the Green Mint, M. Viridis,..the Elegant Mint, M. gentilis, Lin. 1912 M. G. Kains Culinary Herbs 105 The specific name means green, hence the common name, green mint, often applied to it [sc. spearmint]. 1992 A. Bell tr. M. Toussaint-Samat Hist. Food xv. 533 Cultivated mint is usually ‘peppermint’ (for pharmacy and food flavourings) or spearmint (also known as green mint and garden mint), which is milder. < as lemmas |
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