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water mint

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noun

  1. a Eurasian mint plant, Mentha aquatica, of marshy places, having scented leaves and whorls of small flowers

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The smell of water mint filled all the hydrophanic air.

From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams

This medicine may be dissolved in warm water, mint, or common tea.

From Enquire Within Upon Everything The Great Victorian Domestic Standby by Anonymous

As she was very low, and complained of want of appetite, a cordial julep was directed to be taken occasionally, as well as red port and water, mint tea, &c.

From An Account of the Foxglove and some of its Medical Uses With Practical Remarks on Dropsy and Other Diseases by Withering, William