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单词 horsemint
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Definition of horsemint in English:

horsemint

nounˈhɔːsmɪnt
  • A tall coarse kind of mint.

    欧薄荷

    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:

horsemint

nounˈhôrsmint
  • A tall coarse kind of mint.

    欧薄荷

    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.

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