Mint

Mint (mint) , noun

[Anglo-Saxon minte, from Latin mentha, Greek mi`nqa, mi`nqh.]

(Botany) The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the genus Mentha, yielding odoriferous essential oils by distillation. See Mentha.

Corn mint is Mentha arvensis. -- Horsemint is Mentha sylvestris, and in the United States Monarda punctata, which differs from the true mints in several respects. -- Mountain mint is any species of the related genus Pycnanthemum, common in North America. -- Peppermint is Mentha piperita. -- Spearmint is Mentha viridis. -- Water mint is Mentha aquatica.

Collocations (3)

Mint camphor (Chemistry) , See Menthol.

Mint julep , See Julep.

Mint sauce , a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.

Mint , noun

[Anglo-Saxon mynet money, coin, from Latin moneta the mint, coined money, from Moneta, a surname of Juno, in whose at Rome money was coined; akin to monere to warn, admonish, Anglo-Saxon manian, and to English mind. See Mind, and compare Money, Monition.]

A place where money is coined by public authority.

Any place regarded as a source of unlimited supply; the supply itself.

A mint of phrases in his brain. — Shakespeare

A large quantity of money; as, to make a mint in stock trading.

Mint , transitive verb

[Anglo-Saxon mynetian.]

To make by stamping, as money; to coin; to make and stamp into money.

To invent; to forge; to fabricate; to fashion.

Titles... of such natures as may be easily minted. — Bacon

Collocations (1)

Minting mill , a coining press.

mint , adjective

Like new; in brand-new condition; unworn, as a coin recently made at a mint{1}; as, he had a '53 Cadillac in mint condition.

(Numismatics) Uncirculated; in the same condition as when it was freshly coined at the mint{1}.