peppermint

English

Etymology

From pepper + mintCategory:English compound terms#PEPPERMINT.

Pronunciation

Noun

peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)Category:English lemmas#PEPPERMINTCategory:English nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English uncountable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with entries#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PEPPERMINT

  1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperitaCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (nothospecies)#Mentha%20×%20piperita), formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections. [from 17th c.]
  2. (AustraliaCategory:Australian English#PEPPERMINT) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. [from 18th c.]
    • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:
      In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.
  3. (countableCategory:English countable nouns#PEPPERMINT) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from EnglishCategory:French terms borrowed from English#PEPPERMINTCategory:French terms derived from English#PEPPERMINT peppermint.

Noun

peppermint m (plural peppermints)Category:French lemmas#PEPPERMINTCategory:French nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:French countable nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#PEPPERMINTCategory:French masculine nouns#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with entries#PEPPERMINTCategory:Pages with 2 entries#PEPPERMINT

  1. peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)

Further reading

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