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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

mountain mint

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.86 in modern English

Syllables
moun-tain mint
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any plant of the genus Pycnanthemum in the mint family.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any of several plants in the genus Monardella, native to western North America.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

A European herb, Clinopodium nepeta, sometimes used as a seasoning.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

mountain mints (plural) mountain-mint (alternative) mountainmint (alternative)

Synonyms

lesser calamint nepitella

Questions

What does mountain mint mean?
Any plant of the genus Pycnanthemum in the mint family.

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