Definition of Mentha spicata

1. Noun. Common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring.

Exact synonyms: Spearmint
Terms within: Spearmint Oil
Generic synonyms: Mint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentha Spicata

Menopon gallinae
Menopon palladum
Menotti
Menotyphla
Mensa
Mensan
Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor
Mentzelia
Mentzelia laevicaulis
Mentzelia lindleyi
Mentzelia livicaulis
Menuhin
Menura
Menurae

Literary usage of Mentha spicata

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States, Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1913)
"Type species : mentha spicata L. * Whorls of flowers in terminal spikes, ... mentha spicata L. Sp. Pl. 576. 1753. mentha spicata var. viridis L. loc. cit. ..."

2. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"mentha spicata L. Spearmint Herbaceous perennial Naturalized on stream banks and in ... Mentha crispa L. pro parte F mentha spicata x suaveolens Apple mint; ..."

3. Rhodora by New England Botanical Club (1907)
"mentha spicata L. var. Hudson, and must be called mentha spicata Huds. FI. angl. ed. 1, p. 221 (1762) not Mentha viridis L. Sp. PI., ed. 2, p. 804 (1763). ..."

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