mountain mint

See also: mountainmint

English

Alternative forms

• mountain-mint
• mountainmint

Noun

mountain mint (countable and uncountable, plural mountain mints)

1. Any plant of the genus Pycnanthemum in the mint family.
2. Any of several plants in the genus Monardella, native to western North America.
3. A European herb, Clinopodium nepeta, sometimes used as a seasoning.

Synonyms

• (European herb): lesser calamint, nepitella

Translations

plant of the genus Pycnanthemum

• Finnish: vuoriminttu (fi)

plant of the genus Monardella

Clinopodium nepeta

• Finnish: kivikkokäenminttu