mint

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: mint

1	n	any member of the mint family of plants
2	n v adj	a plant where money is coined by authority of the government form by stamping, punching, or printing as if new
3	n	(often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent

FULL DEFINITIONS OF: mint

Type of:: Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Labiatae, family Lamiaceae, 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; rosemary

Types:: show 8 types...; hide 8 types...; Mentha arvensis, corn mint, field mint
European mint naturalized in United States; Mentha aquatica, water mint, water-mint
a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America; Mentha citrata, bergamot mint, eau de cologne mint, lemon mint
mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange; Mentha longifolia, horsemint
a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States; Mentha piperita, peppermint
herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring; Mentha spicata, spearmint
common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring; Mentha rotundifolia, Mentha suaveolens, apple mint, applemint
mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States; Mentha pulegium, pennyroyal
Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil

Type of:: herb, herbaceous plant
a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests

Type of:: candy, confect
a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts

Examples:: United States Mint
the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion

Type of:: industrial plant, plant, works
buildings for carrying on industrial labor

“in mint condition”

“he made a mint on the stock market”

Synonyms:: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

Types:: deluge, flood, inundation, torrent
an overwhelming number or amount; haymow
a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation

Type of:: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity
an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude

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