spearmint

English

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Etymology

From spear (“sprout of a plant, spire”) +‎ mint, so named due to its spiry blooms.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪəˌmɪnt/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈspɪɹˌmɪnt/

Noun

spearmint (countable and uncountable, plural spearmints)

1. A herb of the mint family (Mentha spicata), commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.

   Synonym: garden mint

Translations

Mentha spicata

• Arabic: نَعْنَاع مُدَبَّب m (naʕnāʕ mudabbab)
• Bulgarian: градинска мента f (gradinska menta)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 荷蘭薄荷／荷兰薄荷 (Hélán bòhe) (Dutch mint), 留蘭香／留兰香 (zh) (liúlánxiāng)

• Czech: máta klasnatá f
• Danish: grøn mynte c
• Faroese: aksmynta f
• Finnish: viherminttu (fi)
• French: menthe verte (fr) f
• Galician: menta (gl) f, hortelá f
• German: grüne Minze f, krause Minze f
• Greek: δυόσμος (el) m (dyósmos)

  Ancient: ἡδύοσμον n (hēdúosmon)

• Hungarian: fodormenta (hu)
• Irish: cartlainn gharraí f
• Italian: menta romana f, mentastro verde m, menta crispa f
• Japanese: スペアミント (supeaminto)
• Laz: სარილუღიჲ ჭამი (sariluğiy ç̌ami)
• Macanese: hortelám di sopa
• Manx: mynthey gharagh f
• Norman: menthe dé gardîn f
• Polish: mięta zielona f
• Portuguese: hortelã verde f
• Russian: мя́та колоси́стая f (mjáta kolosístaja), мя́та садо́вая f (mjáta sadóvaja)
• Spanish: hierbabuena (es) f
• Swedish: grönmynta c, krusmynta c (curly mint)
• Turkish: kıvırcık nane, eşek nanesi

Anagrams

• antisperm, parentism, spermatin