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单词 mentha
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Menthan.

Brit. /ˈmɛnθə/, U.S. /ˈmɛnθə/
Forms: 1500s Menta, 1600s– Mentha. Also with lower-case initial.
Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin mentha.
Etymology: < classical Latin mentha mint n.2 (adopted as a genus name by Linnaeus in his Species Plantarum (1753) II. 576, after J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 188).
Botany.
A genus of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae), consisting of various strongly aromatic plants, esp. herbs, with spikes or whorls of small lilac flowers having four equal stamens and a four-lobed corolla; (also mentha) a plant of this genus, a mint.The genus includes such herbs as spearmint, Mentha spicata subsp. spicata, peppermint M. × piperita, and pennyroyal, M. pulegium.
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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
1564 P. Moore Hope of Health sig. Eviiiv Mynthes. Menta.
1629 J. Parkinson Paradisi in Sole x. 480 Mentha. Mintes.]
1731 P. Miller Gardeners Dict. I. (at cited word) Mentha is likewise so call'd of Mens, Lat. the Mind, because this plant strengthens the Mind.
1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2089/1 Under this genus [sc. Mint] are comprehended the mentha, menthastrum, and pulegium, or penny-royal of authors.
1824 D. Douglas Jrnl. 15 Dec. (1914) 98 Mentha perennial; introduced, in the abandoned fields.
1846 Penny Cycl. Suppl. II. 272/1 The odour of the leaves, somewhat resembling a mentha.
1882 Cent. Mag. June 227/1 The valleys..yield a rich variety of the smaller honey-flowers, such as mentha, lycopus, micromeria..and other mints.
1937 A. B. Rendle Bentham & Hooker's Handbk. Brit. Flora (ed. 7) 357 Gipsy-wort. Herbs, with the habit and flowers of Mentha, but with only 2 stamens.
1951 Good Housek. Home Encycl. (1956) 117/1 Plants that will thrive in partial shade include..mentha (ornamental mint).
1994 W. B. Zomlefer Guide Flowering Plant Families 268/1 Condiments and perfumes from..Hyssopus (hyssop), Lavandula (lavender), Mentha (peppermint, spearmint).

Compounds

mentha camphor n. rare menthol.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
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the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > general plant-derived medicines
savineOE
liquoricec1275
verjuice1302
sandragon1334
sugar roset1363
acaciaa1398
agnus castusa1398
sebestenc1400
socotrine aloesa1425
tapsimelc1425
valencec1425
aconitum?a1450
hypericum1471
cassia1543
guaiacum1553
guaiac1558
butcher's broom1578
solanum1578
liquorice-stick1580
symphonia1597
tabasheer1598
diascord1605
orange-bead1626
oxymel of squills1654
Japonic earth1673
terebinthina1693
terebinthinate1696
pareira brava1698
rhabarbarate1716
Japan earth1718
buglossate1725
squill1725
phytolacca1730
nettle juice1747
xanthoxyloïn1767
mustard whey1769
Jesuits' drops1783
digitalis1785
arnica1788
mel-rose1790
gallic acid1791
valerian1794
sacred elixir1797
drosera1801
Spanish juice1803
mudar1819
sabadilla1821
parillin1825
mudarin1829
salicin1830
sang1843
peppermint camphor1854
pareira1855
savanilla1856
euonymin1862
menthol1862
phytolaccin1864
alstonia1868
agoniadin1870
guimauve1870
gelsemium1875
iridin1879
hazeline1880
tub-camphor1880
echinacea1887
jacaranda1887
hamamelin1890
quillain1890
vieirin1893
thiolin1894
mentha camphor1902
hamamelis1910
phytohaemagglutinin1949
adaptogen1966
1902 Webster's Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Suppl. Mentha camphor,..same as menthol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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