spearmint

An aromatic Eurasian plant (Mentha spicata) in the mint family, having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used widely as a flavoring.

An aromatic plant, Mentha viridis, the common garden-mint, or mint proper. It is known chiefly in gardens, or as an escape from them, in both hemispheres, and is suspected to be a garden or accidental variety of M. Sylvestris. Its properties are those of peppermint, and it yields an oil like that of the latter, but with a more pleasant flavor.

A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See mint, and mentha.

A herb of the mint family, commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.

common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring