calamint

English

Calamintha grandiflora

Etymology

From French calament (assimilated in English to mint), from Old French calament, calamente, from Medieval Latin calamentum, from Latin calaminthe, from Ancient Greek καλαμίνθη (kalamínthē, “an odoriferous plant”), of uncertain origin (either by haplology from *καλαμο-μίνθη (*kalamo-mínthē) or a loanword, which Beekes considers most likely to be from Pre-Greek).

Attested since early 17th century.

Noun

calamint (countable and uncountable, plural calamints)

1. Any species of aromatic garden herb of the genus Calamintha, now often included in Clinopodium.

Derived terms

• Ashe's calamint (Clinopodium ashei)
• common calamint (Clinopodium menthifolium)
• cushion calamint (Clinopodium vulgare)
• Florida calamint (Clinopodium dentatum)
• Georgia calamint (Clinopodium georgianum)
• large-flowered calamint (Calamintha grandiflora)
• lesser calamint (Clinopodium nepeta)
• limestone calamint (Clinopodium glabrum)
• low calamint (Calamintha arkansana)
• Ozark calamint (Clinopodium glabellum)
• San Miguel calamint (Clinopodium chandleri)
• scarlet calamint (Clinopodium coccineum)
• showy calamint (Calamintha grandiflora)
• water calamint (Mentha arvensis)
• wild calamint (Calamintha arkansana)
• wood calamint, woodland calamint (Clinopodium menthifolium)

Translations

herb

• Arabic: فُوذَنَج m (fūḏanaj) (in the Middle Ages surely; otherwise modernly one has no certain name but may transcribe the English or botanical name)
• Bulgarian: миризливче (mirizlivče)
• Catalan: clinopodi m, calament m
• Czech: marulka f
• Finnish: mäkiminttu
• French: calament (fr) m
• German: Bergminze f, Steinquendel m (proscribed by those who use it for Acinos)
• Greek:

  Ancient: καλαμίνθη f (kalamínthē)

• Polish: kalaminta f
• Slovene: čober m

References

• “calamint”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Calamintha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Calamintha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Calamintha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Calamintha at The Plant List

Anagrams

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