calamint

American  

[kal-uh-mint] / ˈkæl ə mɪnt /

noun

1. any of several aromatic plants belonging to the genus Calamintha (orSatureja ) of the mint family, having simple, opposite leaves and drooping clusters of flowers.

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calamint British  

/ ˈkæləˌmɪnt /

noun

1. any aromatic Eurasian plant of the genus Satureja (or Calamintha ), having clusters of purple or pink flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)

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Etymology

Origin of calamint

1225–75; alteration (by association with mint ² ) of Middle English calament < Medieval Latin calamentum, Latin calamintha < Greek kalamínthē

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calamint

Take calamint, pennyroyal, betony, hyssop, sage, horehound, valerian, madder and savine; make a decoction in water and take three ounces of it, with one and a half ounces of feverfew.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Or take asparagus roots, parsley roots, each an ounce; pennyroyal, calamint, each a handful; wallflowers, gilly-flowers, each two handfuls; boil, strain and add syrup of mugwort, an ounce and a half.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle

Who hath taught the tortoise to heal a bite with hemlock or the stag when he is shot to have recourse to the dictamnus or calamint?

From The Adventurous Simplicissimus being the description of the Life of a Strange vagabond named Melchior Sternfels von Fuchshaim by Hans Jacob Christoph von Grimmelshausen

One says that it is yellow-dock, another that it is bitter-sweet, another that it is slippery-elm bark, burdock, catnip, calamint, elicampane, thoroughwort, or pennyroyal.

From A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers by Henry David Thoreau

For outward application make a cataplasm of rue, mugwort, camomile, dill, calamint, new pennyroyal, thyme, with oil of rue, keir and camomile.

From The Works of Aristotle the Famous Philosopher Containing his Complete Masterpiece and Family Physician; his Experienced Midwife, his Book of Problems and his Remarks on Physiognomy by Aristotle