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calamint

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cal=a=mint

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun calamint has 1 sense

calamint(n = noun.plant) Array - perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America; Array

is a kind of

herb

herbaceous plant

is a member of calamintha, genus calamintha

has particulars: calamintha sylvatica, common calamint, satureja calamintha officinalis, calamintha grandiflora, clinopodium grandiflorum, large-flowered calamint, satureja grandiflora, calamintha nepeta, calamintha nepeta glantulosa, field balm, lesser calamint, satureja calamintha glandulosa, satureja nepeta

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CIDE DICTIONARY

calamint, n. [OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. kalami`nqh, kala`minqos. See 1st Mint.].

A genus of perennial plants (Calamintha) of the Mint family, esp. the Calamintha Nepeta and Calamintha Acinos, which are called also basil thyme. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

calamint, n. any aromatic herb or shrub of the genus Calamintha, esp. C. officinalis with purple or lilac flowers.

Etymology

ME f. OF calament f. med.L calamentum f. LL calaminthe f. Gk kalaminthe

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