Meanings
plural horsemints · alternative horse mint
- UScountableuncountableA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
Synonyms: spotted bee balm, spotted horsemint, dotted horsemint
- UKcountableuncountableWild mint (Mentha sylvestris, now Mentha longifolia).
- USWesterncountableuncountableAn aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
Synonyms: nettle-leaved horsemint, nettle-leaf giant hyssop
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA coarse American plant of the mint family (Monarda punctata).
nounAn aromatic plant of the mint family, Agastache urticifolia.
More synonyms by meaning
nounan annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico
nountall 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
nouna coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Old Englishhorsminte
- Middle Englishhorsmynte
- Englishhorsemint
From Middle English horsmynte, from Old English horsminte, equivalent to horse + mint.
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Bulgarian див джоджен
- див джоджен (div džodžen)Monarda punctata
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horsemint. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/horsemint
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