peppermint tree

noun

Any of several species of eucalypt which yield an essential oil that smells of peppermint, especially a member of the stringybark group.

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nounpeppermint tree (plural peppermint trees)

plural peppermint trees

  1. AustraliaAny of several species of eucalypt which yield an essential oil that smells of peppermint, especially a member of the stringybark group.

    Maybe even a peppermint tree, broad and moppish and spicy like the ones lining Eliza's street.

    2007, Craig Silvey, Jasper Jones, Allen & Unwin, published 2007, page 95
  2. AustraliaA tree of the family Myrtaceae bearing leaves that smell of peppermint, especially willow myrtle, Agonis flexuosa, often colloquially called a peppy.
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