noun
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a hairy European mint plant, Mentha longifolia, with small mauve flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
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any of several similar and related plants, such as Monarda punctata of North America
Etymology
Origin of horsemint
Middle English word dating back to 1225–75; see origin at horse, mint 1
Example Sentences
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He is never one to simply walk through a meadow when the path passes “heather, lupine, horsemint, daisies and wild licorice.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 17, 2018
Range Management Expert Dick Whetsell can point out areas where cattle have wiped out prairie flowers, including wild indigo and blazing stars, leadplants and horsemint, prairie clover and many species of sunflowers.
From Time Magazine Archive
Horehound, horsemint, and the sensitive fern grew close to the edge, under the willows and alders, and wool-grass on the islands, as along the Assabet River in Concord.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 02, No. 08, June 1858 by Various
Them days we made our own med'cine out of horsemint and butterfly weed and Jerusalem oak and bottled them teas up for the winter.
From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves: Volume XVI, Texas Narratives, Part 4 by United States. Work Projects Administration
Owing to their resemblance to the Monarda, or horsemint of the East, these Western plants have been given the diminutive of its name—Monardella.
From The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Parsons, Mary Elizabeth
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