horse-mintn.

Etymology: See horse n. Compounds 2c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-mint.

1. ‘A name applied generally to the wild mints’ (Britten and Holland), esp. Mentha sylvestris and M. aquatica.

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a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 555/5 Mentastrum,..horsminte.

a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 30 Menta aquatica, an horsment.

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 248/1 Horsmynte, herbe, balsamita, mentastrum.

1526 Grete Herball cclxxv. sig. Pv^v/2 Agaynst colde cough bethe dry fygges with horsmynt in wyne, and vse it.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxiv. 243 The garden Myntes are of four sortes, that is to say, Curlde Mynte, Crispe Mynte, Spere Mynte, and Harte Mynte. The wilde Mynte is of two sortes, that is, the Horse Mynte, and the Water Mynte.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 555 Water Mint, Fish Mint, Brooke Mint, and Horse Mint.

1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 102 So are they deceived in the name of Horse-raddish, Horse-mint, Bull-rush, and many more..that expression is but a Grecisme..intending no more then great.

1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 97 Coarse grass, rushes, horse-mints..general productions of lands overcharged with moisture.

1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 152.

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2. Applied in North America to other aromatic labiates, as various species of Monarda, Collinsonia canadensis, and Cunila Mariana (Sweet Horse-mint, also called dittany). (See Miller Plant-n., and Cent. Dict.)

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021).

horse-weed n. (a name for) either of two North American plants, Erigeron canadensis (N.O. Compositae), also called butter-weed (now frequent in England), and Collinsonia canadensis (N.O. Labiatae), also called horse-mint (Miller Plant-n.).

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1790 L. Castiglioni Viaggio negli Stati Uniti II. 333 Collinsonia canadensis, Lin. Horse-weed.

1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxiii. 239 The hunter usually selects a position..amongst the high ‘horse-weeds’ bordering the field.

1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 72 Acres and acres of horseweed.

1963 H. A. Gleason Illustr. Flora Northeastern U.S. III. 475/1 Conyza canadensis (L.) Cron. Horseweed. Coarse annual... A weed in waste places.

单词	horse-mint
释义	horse-mintn. Etymology: See horse n. Compounds 2c.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-mint. 1. ‘A name applied generally to the wild mints’ (Britten and Holland), esp. Mentha sylvestris and M. aquatica. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > according to family > labiate plant or plants > [noun] > mint or wild mint minteOE minteOE horse-minta1300 crisp mint1578 fish-mint1578 brook mint1597 cross-mint1597 Mentha1731 corn-mint1796 crisped mint1829 a1300 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 555/5 Mentastrum,..horsminte. a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 30 Menta aquatica, an horsment. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 248/1 Horsmynte, herbe, balsamita, mentastrum. 1526 Grete Herball cclxxv. sig. Pv^v/2 Agaynst colde cough bethe dry fygges with horsmynt in wyne, and vse it. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxiv. 243 The garden Myntes are of four sortes, that is to say, Curlde Mynte, Crispe Mynte, Spere Mynte, and Harte Mynte. The wilde Mynte is of two sortes, that is, the Horse Mynte, and the Water Mynte. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 555 Water Mint, Fish Mint, Brooke Mint, and Horse Mint. 1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica 102 So are they deceived in the name of Horse-raddish, Horse-mint, Bull-rush, and many more..that expression is but a Grecisme..intending no more then great. View more context for this quotation 1787 G. Winter New Syst. Husbandry 97 Coarse grass, rushes, horse-mints..general productions of lands overcharged with moisture. 1861 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. IV. 152. Categories » 2. Applied in North America to other aromatic labiates, as various species of Monarda, Collinsonia canadensis, and Cunila Mariana (Sweet Horse-mint, also called dittany). (See Miller Plant-n., and Cent. Dict.) This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online September 2021). > as lemmas horse-mint horse-weed n. (a name for) either of two North American plants, Erigeron canadensis (N.O. Compositae), also called butter-weed (now frequent in England), and Collinsonia canadensis (N.O. Labiatae), also called horse-mint (Miller Plant-n.). ΚΠ 1790 L. Castiglioni Viaggio negli Stati Uniti II. 333 Collinsonia canadensis, Lin. Horse-weed. 1874 J. W. Long Amer. Wild-fowl Shooting xxiii. 239 The hunter usually selects a position..amongst the high ‘horse-weeds’ bordering the field. 1892 B. Torrey Foot-path Way 72 Acres and acres of horseweed. 1963 H. A. Gleason Illustr. Flora Northeastern U.S. III. 475/1 Conyza canadensis (L.) Cron. Horseweed. Coarse annual... A weed in waste places. extracted from horsen. < n.a1300 as lemmas
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