mint

1. (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent (synset 113796604)
   "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "see the rest of the winners in our huge passel of photos"; "it must have cost plenty"; "a slew of journalists"; "a wad of money"
   is a type of: large indefinite amount, large indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is above the average in size or magnitude
   subtypes:

   • deluge, flood, inundation, torrent - an overwhelming number or amount
   • haymow - a mass of hay piled up in a barn for preservation
   same as: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mountain, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad
2. Any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers (synset 112875802)
   is a type of: herb, herbaceous plant - a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests
   subtypes:

   • corn mint, field mint, mentha arvensis - European mint naturalized in United States
   • mentha aquatica, water mint, water-mint - a European mint that thrives in wet places; has a perfume like that of the bergamot orange; naturalized in eastern North America
   • bergamot mint, eau de cologne mint, lemon mint, mentha citrata - mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange
   • horsemint, mentha longifolia - a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States
   • mentha piperita, peppermint - herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring
   • mentha spicata, spearmint - common garden herb having clusters of small purplish flowers and yielding an oil used as a flavoring
   • apple mint, applemint, mentha rotundifolia, mentha suaveolens - mint with apple-scented stems of southern and western Europe; naturalized in United States
   • mentha pulegium, pennyroyal - Eurasian perennial mint have small lilac-blue flowers and ovate leaves; yields an aromatic oil
   belongs to: genus mentha, mentha - mint plants
   has: mint - the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
3. Any member of the mint family of plants (synset 112860079)
   is a type of: family labiatae, family lamiaceae, labiatae, lamiaceae, mint family - a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary
4. The leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied (synset 107835142)
   is a type of: herb - aromatic potherb used in cookery for its savory qualities
   is a part of: mint - any north temperate plant of the genus Mentha with aromatic leaves and small mauve flowers
   substance meronym: mint, mint candy - a candy that is flavored with a mint oil
5. A candy that is flavored with a mint oil (synset 107621887)
   is a type of: candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
   subtypes: peppermint, peppermint candy - a candy flavored with peppermint oil
   substance holonym: mint - the leaves of a mint plant used fresh or candied
   same as: mint candy
6. A plant where money is coined by authority of the government (synset 103777802)
   is a type of: industrial plant, plant, works - buildings for carrying on industrial labor
   specific instances: u.s. mint, united states mint, us mint - the mint that manufactures and distributes United States coins for circulation through Federal Reserve Banks; processes gold and silver bullion

1. As if new (synset 301756107)
   "in mint condition"
   similar to: perfect - being complete of its kind and without defect or blemish

1. Form by stamping, punching, or printing (synset 201642647)
   "strike coins"; "strike a medal"
   is a type of: create from raw material, create from raw stuff - make from scratch
   same as: coin, strike

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