horsemint Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
    Monarda citriodora; lemon mint.
  2. noun 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.
  3. noun a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
    Mentha longifolia.

WordNet

Horse"mint` noun
Definitions
  1. (Bot.) (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). (b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).

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