mint family

noun

1. the large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.

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Betony is a herb belonging to the mint family, and its root was formerly employed in medicine as an emetic or purgative.

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The generic name is derived from an old Arabic name, Ssattar, by which the whole mint family was known.

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Flowers terminal, white, verticillate, with the characteristics of the mint family.

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It may be known from the other members of the Mint family by its campanulate calyx with ten strong, recurved teeth.

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Blooming in midsummer is the aromatic little Pennyroyal, one of the mint family.

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