Mentha
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Translingual
Etymology
From Latin mentha (“mint”), from Ancient Greek μίνθη (mínthē), ultimately most likely a loan-word from an extinct Mediterranean language.
Proper noun
Mentha f
Hypernyms
- (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I – clades; Lamiales – order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Menthinae - subtribe
Hyponyms
- (henus): Mentha spicata (spearmint, curly mint) - type species (vernacular name); Mentha aquatica (water mint, marsh mint); Mentha arvensis (corn mint, wild mint, Japanese peppermint, field mint); Mentha asiatica (Asian mint); Mentha australis (Australian mint); Mentha canadensis (American corn mint), Canadian mint, Chinese mint, corn mint, Japanese corn mint, Japanese mint); Mentha cervina (Hart's pennyroyal); Mentha citrata (bergamot mint); Mentha crispata (wrinkled-leaf mint); Mentha cunninghamii; Mentha dahurica (Dahurian thyme); Mentha diemenica (slender mint); Mentha gattefossei; Mentha grandiflora; Mentha japonica; Mentha laxiflora (forest mint); Mentha longifolia (horse mint); Mentha nemorosa (large apple mint, foxtail mint, hairy mint, woolly mint, Cuban mint); Mentha pulegium (pennyroyal); Mentha piperita (peppermint); Mentha requienii (Corsican mint); Mentha sachalinensis (garden mint); Mentha satureioides (native pennyroyal); Mentha suaveolens (apple mint, pineapple mint); Mentha vagans (gray mint) - other species (vernacular name)
References
Mentha on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Mentha on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Mentha on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
