mint family

mint family

n. A large family of aromatic herbs, the Lamiaceae (or Labiatae), including lavender, mint, rosemary, sage, and thyme and characterized by opposite leaves, square stems, bilaterally symmetrical flowers with united petals, and a four-lobed ovary that produces four one-seeded nutlets.

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mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemaryfamily Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, Labiatae, Lamiaceaeasterid dicot family - family of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubsorder Polemoniales, Polemoniales - Polemoniaceae; Solanaceae; Boraginaceae; Labiatae; Lentibulariaceae; Pedaliaceae; in some classifications includes the order Scrophularialesmint - any member of the mint family of plantsAcinos, genus Acinos - plants closely allied to the genera Satureja and CalaminthaAgastache, genus Agastache - giant hyssop; Mexican hyssopAjuga, genus Ajuga - bugleBallota, genus Ballota - perennial herbs or subshrubs of especially Mediterranean area: black horehoundBlephilia, genus Blephilia - small genus of North American herbs: wood mintsCalamintha, genus Calamintha - calamintClinopodium, genus Clinopodium - wild basilCollinsonia, genus Collinsonia - small genus of perennial erect or spreading aromatic herbs; United Statesgenus Coleus - genus of Old World tropical plants cultivated for their variegated leaves; various plants sometimes placed in genera Plectranthus or SolenostemonConradina, genus Conradina - small genus of low aromatic shrubs of southeastern United StatesDracocephalum, genus Dracocephalum - genus of American herbs and dwarf shrubs of the mind family: dragonheadsgenus Elsholtzia - genus of Asiatic and African aromatic herbsGaleopsis, genus Galeopsis - erect annual European herbsgenus Glechoma, Glechoma - ground ivygenus Hedeoma, Hedeoma - small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal)genus Hyssopus, Hyssopus - Eurasian genus of perennial herbs or subshrubsgenus Lamium, Lamium - genus of Old World herbs: dead nettles; henbitsgenus Lavandula, Lavandula - lavendergenus Leonotis, Leonotis - small genus of tropical herbs and subshrubs of South Africagenus Leonurus, Leonurus - genus of stout Old World herbs having flowers in whorlsgenus Lepechinia, genus Sphacele, Lepechinia, Sphacele - a dicotyledonous genus of the family Labiataegenus Lycopus, Lycopus - small genus of herbs of the mint familygenus Origanum - a genus of aromatic mints of the family Labiataegenus Majorana, Majorana - small genus of herbs usually included in the genus Origanumgenus Marrubium, Marrubium - Old World aromatic herbs: horehoundgenus Melissa, Melissa - a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiataegenus Mentha, Mentha - mint plantsgenus Micromeria, Micromeria - large genus of fragrant chiefly Old World herbsgenus Molucella, Molucella - small genus of aromatic herbs of Mediterranean regions; widely cultivatedgenus Monarda - wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalmgenus Monardella, Monardella - a genus of fragrant herbs of the family Labiatae in the western United Statesgenus Nepeta, Nepeta - catmintgenus Ocimum, Ocimum - basilgenus Perilla, Perilla - small genus of Asiatic herbsgenus Phlomis - large genus of Old World aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs having often woolly leavesgenus Physostegia - genus of North American perennial herbsgenus Plectranthus - large genus of ornamental flowering plants; includes some plants often placed in the genus Coleusgenus Pogostemon, Pogostemon - genus of Asiatic shrubs or trees whose leaves yield a fragrant oilgenus Prunella, Prunella - small genus of perennial mostly Eurasian having terminal spikes of small purplish or white flowersgenus Koellia, genus Pycnanthemum, Koellia, Pycnanthemum - American mountain mintgenus Rosmarinus, Rosmarinus - rosemarygenus Salvia - large genus of shrubs and subshrubs of the mint family varying greatly in habit: sagegenus Satureia, genus Satureja, Satureia, Satureja - savorygenus Scutellaria, Scutellaria - an asterid dicot genus that includes the skullcapsgenus Sideritis, Sideritis - genus of woolly aromatic herbs or subshrubs or shrubs of Mediterranean region