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Definition of Virginia mountain mint
: a perennial mountain mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum) of eastern North America with narrow leaves and clusters of very small white flowers
Virginia mountain mint produces frothy mounds of small white flowers spotted with purple in broad, flattened inflorescences. — C. Colston Burrell, in Native Alternatives to Invasive Plants, 2006
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The first known use of Virginia mountain mint was circa 1936
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