horsemint

horse·mint  (hôrsmnt)

n.

1. A perennial, aromatic eastern North American plant (Monarda punctata) having opposite leaves and yellowish flowers with purple spots. Also called wild bergamot.

2. A Eurasian wild mint (Mentha longifolia), naturalized in the eastern United States and having long, opposite leaves and dense, spikelike elongated clusters of flowers.

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horsemint [ˈhɔːsˌmɪnt]

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) a hairy European mint plant, Mentha longifolia, with small mauve flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any of several similar and related plants, such as Monarda punctata of North America

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	horsemint - an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico lemon mint, Monarda citriodora monarda, wild bergamot - any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
	2.	horsemint - 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 Monarda punctata monarda, wild bergamot - any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
	3.	horsemint - a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States Mentha longifolia mint - any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers