SPEARMINT

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

Mentha spicata; spearmint

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Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("spearmint" is a kind of...):

mint (any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers)

Meronyms (substance of "spearmint"):

spearmint oil (an aromatic oil obtained from the spearmint plant)

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