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Definition of horsemint in English: horsemintnounˈhɔːsmɪnt A tall coarse kind of mint. Genera Mentha and Monarda, family Labiatae: several species and hybrids Example sentencesExamples - Other names for this plant are plains horsemint, tall horsemint, lemon-mint, and lemon beebalm.
- Members of the mint family, horsemints all have strongly aromatic foliage, the fragrances varying between the species.
- There are horsemints and mountain mints.
- In central Texas, coreopsis, brown-eyed susans, bull nettle, purple horsemint, basil beebalm, lantana and dayflowers continue to bloom.
- I could stand downwind of those horsemints while working them over with the bullwhip and it really smelled nice as the plants were shredded to pieces.
Origin Middle English: from horse (often used in the names of plants to denote a coarse variety) + mint1. Definition of horsemint in US English: horsemintnounˈhôrsmint A tall coarse kind of mint. Genera Mentha and Monarda, family Labiatae: several species and hybrids, including the European Mentha longifolia and the North American Monarda punctata Example sentencesExamples - Members of the mint family, horsemints all have strongly aromatic foliage, the fragrances varying between the species.
- Other names for this plant are plains horsemint, tall horsemint, lemon-mint, and lemon beebalm.
- I could stand downwind of those horsemints while working them over with the bullwhip and it really smelled nice as the plants were shredded to pieces.
- In central Texas, coreopsis, brown-eyed susans, bull nettle, purple horsemint, basil beebalm, lantana and dayflowers continue to bloom.
- There are horsemints and mountain mints.
Origin Middle English: from horse (often used in the names of plants to denote a coarse variety) + mint. |