water mintn.

Brit.

/ˈwɔːtə mɪnt/, U.S.

/ˈwɔdər ˌmɪnt/,

/ˈwɑdər ˌmɪnt/

Forms: see water n. and mint n.²

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., mint n.²

Etymology: < water n. + mint n.² Compare Middle Low German wāterminte (Old Saxon wātarminta, glossing post-classical Latin mentha aquatica (late 12th cent. in continental, 14th cent. in British sources)).

Any of several plants of the genus Mentha (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), having aromatic leaves and typically growing in or close to water; spec. M. aquatica of Eurasia and northern Africa, which has rounded clusters of pale purplish flowers.In the 17th cent. the names water mint and watercress were sometimes treated as synonyms (probably reflecting confused uses of Latin sisymbrium; cf. note at watercress n. 1); it is not clear which plant is intended in quot. 1607.

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the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-mint

water mintc1300

fish-mint1578

whirl-mint1713

c1300 in Pluteus (1990) 4–5 119 Sisimbrium, anglice, waterminte.

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iij^v Sisymbrium hortense is called in englishe baume Mynte, or water Mynte.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxiv. 243 The wilde Mynte is of two sortes, that is, the Horse Mynte, and the Water Mynte.

1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 555 Of Horse Mint, or Water Mint. 1 Mentha aquatica. Water mint. 2 Sisymbria Mentha. Sweete Water Mint.

1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 540 The hearbe called water-minte, or water Cresses,..annointed vpon the..wounds which come by the venemous teeth of a Shrew, will very effectually cure the paine thereof.

1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §518 As wee see that Water-Mint turneth into Field Mint; And the Colewort into Rape by Neglect, &c.

1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 230 Water-mint of a spicey smell.

1819 J. Keats Chorus of Faries 4 in Let. 21 Apr. (1958) II. clix. 98 See my cool sedge shaded urn..Mid water mint and cresses dim.

1899 R. Bridges Idle Flowers in New Poems 11 With Comfrey, Watermint, Loose-strife and Meadowsweet.

1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1996) 318 Step on this Water Mint.., and up comes the delicious damp fragrance.

2006 Wildlife News May 9/1 Water mint flowers from July to September.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	water mint
释义	water mintn. Brit. /ˈwɔːtə mɪnt/, U.S. /ˈwɔdər ˌmɪnt/, /ˈwɑdər ˌmɪnt/ Forms: see water n. and mint n.² Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: water n., mint n.² Etymology: < water n. + mint n.² Compare Middle Low German wāterminte (Old Saxon wātarminta, glossing post-classical Latin mentha aquatica (late 12th cent. in continental, 14th cent. in British sources)). Any of several plants of the genus Mentha (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), having aromatic leaves and typically growing in or close to water; spec. M. aquatica of Eurasia and northern Africa, which has rounded clusters of pale purplish flowers.In the 17th cent. the names water mint and watercress were sometimes treated as synonyms (probably reflecting confused uses of Latin sisymbrium; cf. note at watercress n. 1); it is not clear which plant is intended in quot. 1607. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > plants and herbs > aquatic, marsh, and sea-shore plants > [noun] > water-mint water mintc1300 fish-mint1578 whirl-mint1713 c1300 in Pluteus (1990) 4–5 119 Sisimbrium, anglice, waterminte. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. G.iij^v Sisymbrium hortense is called in englishe baume Mynte, or water Mynte. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lxxiv. 243 The wilde Mynte is of two sortes, that is, the Horse Mynte, and the Water Mynte. 1597 J. Gerard Herball ii. 555 Of Horse Mint, or Water Mint. 1 Mentha aquatica. Water mint. 2 Sisymbria Mentha. Sweete Water Mint. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 540 The hearbe called water-minte, or water Cresses,..annointed vpon the..wounds which come by the venemous teeth of a Shrew, will very effectually cure the paine thereof. 1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §518 As wee see that Water-Mint turneth into Field Mint; And the Colewort into Rape by Neglect, &c. 1758 W. Borlase Nat. Hist. Cornwall 230 Water-mint of a spicey smell. 1819 J. Keats Chorus of Faries 4 in Let. 21 Apr. (1958) II. clix. 98 See my cool sedge shaded urn..Mid water mint and cresses dim. 1899 R. Bridges Idle Flowers in New Poems 11 With Comfrey, Watermint, Loose-strife and Meadowsweet. 1955 G. Grigson Englishman's Flora (1996) 318 Step on this Water Mint.., and up comes the delicious damp fragrance. 2006 Wildlife News May 9/1 Water mint flowers from July to September. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.c1300
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