Definition of Mentha aquatica

1. Noun. A European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America.

Exact synonyms: Water Mint, Water-mint
Generic synonyms: Mint

Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentha Aquatica

Menoetius
Menologia
Menologium
Menominee
Menominee whitefish
Menomini
Menopon
Menopon gallinae
Menopon palladum
Menotti
Menotyphla
Mensa
Mensan
Mensans
Menshevik
Mentha aquatica
Mentha arvensis
Mentha citrata
Mentha longifolia
Mentha piperita
Mentha pulegium
Mentha rotundifolia
Mentha spicata
Mentha suaveolens
Menticirrhus
Menticirrhus americanus
Menticirrhus littoralis
Menticirrhus saxatilis
Menticirrhus undulatus
Mentor

Literary usage of Mentha aquatica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Review of Applied Entomology by Commonwealth Institute of Entomology, Imperial Bureau of Entomology (1916)
"... Schouteden, which produces a flocculent white substance on the roots of Mentha aquatica, are described. ..."

2. Select Extra-tropical Plants Readily Eligible for Industrial Culture Or by Ferdinand von Mueller (1884)
"Eminent authorities refer the peppermint as a variety to mentha aquatica, L., the water- mint of Europe, North Africa, West and North Asia, from which the ..."

3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"In its internal structure Mentha piperita exhibits certain features midway between those of Mentha viridis and mentha aquatica. ..."

4. The Vascular Flora of Pennsylvania: Annotated Checklist and Atlas by Ann Fowler Rhoads, William M. Klein (1993)
"Mentha sativa L. W; Mentha x verticillata L. C mentha aquatica x spicata Peppermint Herbaceous perennial Wet fields, moist thickets, swamps and stream banks ..."

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