wild mint

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wild mint

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From Middle English wyldemynt, wilde mente, equivalent to wild + mint.

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uncountable Mentha arvensis
Similar: field mint, corn mint
uncountable Mentha longifolia
Similar: horse mint
uncountable Mentha pulegium
Similar: European pennyroyal
uncountable Any aromatic North American mint of the species Hedeoma pulegioides.
Similar: American false pennyroyal, American pennyroyal
uncountable Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see wild, mint.

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@misc{wild_mint_2026,
  title = {wild mint},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/wild%20mint},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}