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spearmint

/speer-mint/US // ˈspɪərˌmɪnt //UK // (ˈspɪəmɪnt) //

留兰香,绿薄荷,留尼汪,绿松石

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : an aromatic herb, Mentha spicata, having lance-shaped leaves used for flavoring.

Examples

  • I gather up my laptop and toss the mess of gum wrappers and chewed spearmint globs into the trash can.

  • Our bar is nothing fancy like Spearmint Rhino,” he admits, “but we try to be a friendly place.

  • And I advise you to remove that Spearmint from your mouth, if you want to sell any dictionaries in this house.

  • Those usually cultivated in gardens are three, Peppermint, Spearmint, and Pennyroyal mint.

  • Oil of wintergreen, cloves, or cinnamon may be used in place of spearmint, and other coloring may be used.

  • Cool and strain, add juice of three lemons and four oranges; one bunch of fresh mint leaves and two drops of oil of spearmint.

  • Spearmint adds to lemonade the pleasing pungency it as readily imparts to a less harmful but more notorious beverage.