any of several species of plants that have whorled leaves with a characteristic strong taste and smell, used esp as a flavouring: genus Mentha
the flavour of mint
a sweet, chocolate, etc flavoured with peppermint
minty adj
Old English minte; related to Old High German minza, ultimately from Latin mentha mint. The plant is said to be so called from Minthe, a nymph who was loved by Pluto and who was then turned by Pluto's jealous wife Proserpina into the plant named after her