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Meanings of horsemint in English

An annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico.

        Tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico.

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              Examples for "lemon mint"
              Examples for "lemon mint"
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              Varieties include spearmint, peppermint, and lemon mint.
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              A coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States.

                    Usage of horsemint in English
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                    She ran back, found the dried horsemint, and added hot water to the leaves.
                    The Clan of the Cave Bear
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                    And dried horsemint flowers and leaves are good for scalds; wet them in the hand and put them on the burn.
                    The Clan of the Cave Bear
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                    Some of the chief honey plants are alfalfa, buckwheat, horsemint, sourwood, white sage, wild pennyroyal, black gum, holly, chestnut, magnolia, and the tulip tree.
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                    Frequent collocations
                    Horsemint through the time