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peppermint

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. peppermint (noun)
  2. peppermint camphor (noun)
  3. peppermint gum (noun)
  4. black peppermint (noun)
  5. river peppermint (noun)
  6. Sydney peppermint (noun)
  7. white peppermint (noun)
  8. Japanese mint (noun)
  9. Japanese mint oil (noun)

pep·per·mint

noun
\-ˌmint, -mənt, in rapid speech ˈpep-mənt or -əm-ənt\

Definition of PEPPERMINT

1
a : a pungent and aromatic mint (Mentha piperita) with dark green lanceolate leaves and whorls of small pink flowers in spikes b : any of several mints (as M. arvensis) that are related to the peppermint
2
: candy flavored with peppermint
— pep·per·minty \ˈpe-pər-ˌmin-tē\ adjective
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First Known Use of PEPPERMINT

1696

Rhymes with PEPPERMINT

aquatint, calamint, contact print, cuckoopint, fingerprint, mezzotint, overprint, wunderkind

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