Mint: 1 definition

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Biology (plants and animals)

Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Regional names)

1) Mint in English is the name of a plant defined with Mentha arvensis in various botanical sources. This page contains potential references in Ayurveda, modern medicine, and other folk traditions or local practices It has the synonym Mentha arvensis L. var. canadensis (L.) Kuntze (among others).

2) Mint is also identified with Mentha longifolia It has the synonym Mentha spicata subsp. longifolia (L.) Tacik (etc.).

3) Mint is also identified with Mentha spicata It has the synonym Mentha spicata L. var. spicata (etc.).

4) Mint is also identified with Ocimum americanum It has the synonym Ocimum incanescens Mart. (etc.).

Example references for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity (see latin names for full list):

· Species Plantarum (1753)
· Proceedings of the Indian Science Congress Association (1985)
· Species Plantarum (1763)
· Monographiae Botanicae (1975)
· Botanicheskie Materialy Gerbariia Botanicheskogo Instituta imeni V. L. Komarova Akademii Nauk SSSR (1954)
· Taxon (1980)

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This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.

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