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Definition of Mentha piperita
1. Noun. Herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mentha Piperita
Literary usage of Mentha piperita
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. American Druggist (1888)
"Upper part of inflorescence, in August, of mentha piperita L. Fig. ... But when
the terminal spike of mentha piperita has done flowering (in August), ..."
2. A Manual of organic materia medica by John Michael Maisch (1890)
"Dnw, 2 to 8 grams (5ss-ij in decoction. mentha piperita.—PEPPERMINT. Origin.—Mentha
piperita, Linn£. Natural order, Lani- atse, ..."
3. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1917)
"Like all Mentha species, mentha piperita is extraordinarily variable. ...
mentha piperita embraces 2 groups; group I including the sub-species piperita, ..."
4. The Microanalysis of Powdered Vegetable Drugs by Albert Schneider (1921)
"mentha piperita. Peppermint. US Pfefferminze, G. Mentha poivre'e, Fr. The leafy
tops of mentha piperita L., ..."
5. The Essentials of Materia Medica, and Therapeutics by Alfred Baring Garrod (1865)
"The oil distilled in England from the fresh flowering plant of mentha piperita,
Peppermint; Lin. ..."
6. A Compend of Human Anatomy by Samuel Otway Lewis Potter (1903)
"mentha piperita, Pepper-mint,—the leaves and tops of mentha piperita, a plant of
the ord ... Oleum Mentha: Piperita:, Oil of Peppermint,—is the volatile oil ..."
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