calamint | (n) perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America |
calamintha | (n) calamint, Syn. genus Calamintha |
common calamint | (n) mint-scented perennial of central and southern Europe, Syn. Satureja calamintha officinalis, Calamintha sylvatica |
large-flowered calamint | (n) aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran, Syn. Clinopodium grandiflorum, Calamintha grandiflora, Satureja grandiflora |
lesser calamint | (n) low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States, Syn. Satureja calamintha glandulosa, field balm, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Calamintha nepeta |
wild basil | (n) aromatic herb having heads of small pink or whitish flowers; widely distributed in United States, Europe and Asia, Syn. cushion calamint, Clinopodium vulgare, Satureja vulgaris |
Calamint | n. [ OE. calamint, calemente (cf. F. calament) fr. L. calamintha, Gr. |