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mentha

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables
men-tha
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From the genus name, Mentha, from Latin mentha (“mint”). Doublet of mint.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

menthas (plural)

Questions

What does mentha mean?
Any of the mint genus Mentha, mints and similar species.
Where does mentha come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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