Mentha aquatica

Mentha aquatica
    n 1: a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume
         like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern
         North America [syn: {water-mint}, {water mint}, {Mentha
         aquatica}]
    

Mint \Mint\ (m[i^]nt), n. [AS. minte, fr. L. mentha, Gr. mi`nqa,
   mi`nqh.] (Bot.)
   The name of several aromatic labiate plants, mostly of the
   genus {Mentha}, yielding odoriferous essential oils by
   distillation. See {Mentha}.
   [1913 Webster]

   Note:

   {Corn mint} is {Mentha arvensis}.

   {Horsemint} is {Mentha sylvestris}, and in the United States
      {Monarda punctata}, which differs from the true mints in
      several respects.

   {Mountain mint} is any species of the related genus
      {Pycnanthemum}, common in North America.

   {Peppermint} is {Mentha piperita}.

   {Spearmint} is {Mentha viridis}.

   {Water mint} is {Mentha aquatica}.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Mint camphor}. (Chem.) See {Menthol}.

   {Mint julep}. See {Julep}.

   {Mint sauce}, a sauce flavored with spearmint, for meats.
      [1913 Webster]
    

Water mint \Wa"ter mint`\
   A kind of mint ({Mentha aquatica}) growing in wet places, and
   sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
   [1913 Webster]
    

Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
   fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
   a lord's pear.]
   1. (Bot.)
      (a) A tree of the Orange family ({Citrus bergamia}),
          having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind
          of which an essential oil of delicious odor is
          extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
      (b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica}, var. glabrata).
          [1913 Webster]

   2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
      [1913 Webster]

   3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
      [1913 Webster]

   4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
      [1913 Webster]

            The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
                                                  --Cowper.
      [1913 Webster]

   5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
      hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
      invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
      [1913 Webster]

   {Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
      ({Monarda fistulosa}).
      [1913 Webster]
      [1913 Webster]