peppermint : Idioms & Phrases

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Peppermint

  • noun herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
    Mentha piperita.
  • noun red gum tree of Tasmania
    red gum; Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint.
  • noun a candy flavored with peppermint oil
    peppermint.
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  • camphor. (Chem.) Same as Menthol.
Webster 1913

peppermint candy

  • noun a candy flavored with peppermint oil
    peppermint.
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peppermint gum

  • noun red gum tree of Tasmania
    red gum; Eucalyptus amygdalina; peppermint.
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peppermint oil

  • noun oil from the peppermint plant used as flavoring
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peppermint patty

  • noun a patty flavored with peppermint
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Peppermint tree

  • (Bot.), a name given to several Australian species of gum tree (Eucalyptus amygdalina, E. piperita, E. odorata, etc.) which have hard and durable wood, and yield an essential oil.
Webster 1913