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Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

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111 words match “MINT”

HELMINTHOLOGIST n.

One versed in helminthology.

HELMINTHOLOGY n.

The natural history, or study, of worms, esp. parasitic worms.

HORSEMINT n. 2 definitions

A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata).

NEMATHELMINTHES; NEMATELMINTHES n.

An order of helminths, including the Nematoidea and Gordiacea; the roundworms. [Written also Nematelminthea.]

PEPPERMINT n. 3 definitions

A volatile oil (oil of peppermint) distilled from the fresh herb; also, a well-known essence or spirit (essence of peppermint) obtained from it.

PLATHELMINTH n.

One of the Platyelminthes.

PLATHELMINTHES n.

Same as Platyelminthes.

PLATYELMINTHES n.

A class of helminthes including the cestodes, or tapeworms, the trematodes, and the turbellarians. Called also flatworms.

Any one of numerous small species of springtails, of the family Sminthurid, -- usually found on flowers. See Illust. under Collembola.

A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil. It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.

STERELMINTHA n.

Same as Platyelminthes.

A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.

ticulata, including the annelids and allied groups; sometimes made to include also the helminths and echinoderms. [Written also Annuloidea.]

ANTISCOLETIC; ANTISCOLIC a.

ARECOLINE; ARECOLIN n.

stance, C8H13O2N, the chief alkaloid of the betel nut, to which the latter owes its anthelmintic action.

The name given to several aromatic herbs of the Mint family, but chiefly to the common or sweet basil (Ocymum basilicum), and the bush basil, or lesser basil (O. minimum), the leaves of which are used in cookery. The name is also given to several kinds of mountain mint (Pycnanthemum). Basil thyme, a name given to the f…

It has an offensive smell and acrid taste, and is a powerful emetic, cathartic, and anthelmintic.

BERGAMOT n. 2 definitions

delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata).

ius of Western Europe, which is a low shrub with long, straight, green, angular branches, mintue leaves, and large yellow flowers. No gypsy cowered o'er fires of furze and broom. Wordsworth.

A plant of the genus Ajuga of the Mint family, a native of the Old World. Yellow bugle, the Ajuga chamæpitys.