peppermint

n. mint, plant from the Mentha family; mint-flavored candy

This article is about the herb; the tree Agonis flexuosa is also commonly known as peppermint. Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid mint, a cross between watermint (Mentha aquatica) and spearmint (Mentha spicata). It is native to western, central and southern Europe from the British Isles east to southern Scandinavia and western Russia, south to Iberia, and southeast to the Balkans, being found wild occasionally with its parent species.
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Peppermint /pep·per·mint/ the perennial herb Mentha piperita, or a preparation of its dried leaves and flowering tops, which have carminative, [more]Peppermint - Community and Resources

Noun
1. herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
(synonym) Mentha piperita
(hypernym) mint
(substance-meronym) peppermint oil
2. red gum tree of Tasmania
(synonym) red gum, peppermint gum, Eucalyptus amygdalina
(hypernym) eucalyptus, eucalypt, eucalyptus tree
3. a candy flavored with peppermint oil
(synonym) peppermint candy
(hypernym) mint, mint candy
(substance-meronym) peppermint oil

n. peppermint, mint, plant from the Mentha family; mint-flavored candy