horsemint

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Definition of horsemint in English English dictionary

a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico

{i} variety of mint that produces yellow flowers with purple spots (native to North America); variety of mint that produces purplish-pink flowers (native to Europe)

A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata)

In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris)

Hyphenation

horse·mint