单词 | mint bush |
释义 | > as lemmasmint bush mint bush n. any of various Australian shrubs of the family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae) (and some small trees) constituting the genus Prostanthera, which have an aromatic smell reminiscent of mint. ΚΠ 1890 Cent. Dict. Mint-bush, a plant of the Australian genus Prostanthera. 1942 C. Barrett Austral. Wild Flower Bk. 39 There are more than forty kinds of Prostanthera, all popularly known as mint bushes. 1990 Garden (Royal Hort. Soc.) July 377/2 The Gold Medal exhibit from Burncoose and South Down Nurseries..featured..a pale pink form of the mint bush. < as lemmas |
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