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Spearmint, the Glossary

Spearmint, scientific name Mentha spicata, also known as garden mint, common mint, lamb mint and mackerel mint, is native to Europe and southern temperate Asia, extending from Ireland in the west to southern China in the east.^[1]

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Africa

Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent after Asia.

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American Revolution

The American Revolution was a rebellion and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies which peaked when colonists initiated an ultimately successful war for independence against the Kingdom of Great Britain.

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Amoxicillin

Amoxicillin is an antibiotic medication belonging to the aminopenicillin class of the penicillin family.

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Antimicrobial

An antimicrobial is an agent that kills microorganisms (microbicide) or stops their growth (bacteriostatic agent).

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Asia

Asia is the largest continent in the world by both land area and population.

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Berlin

Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population.

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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society

The Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society is a scientific journal publishing original papers relating to the taxonomy of all plant groups and fungi, including anatomy, biosystematics, cytology, ecology, ethnobotany, electron microscopy, morphogenesis, palaeobotany, palynology and phytochemistry.

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Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,Blunt (2004), p. 171.

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Carvone

Carvone is a member of a family of chemicals called terpenoids.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.

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Confectionery

Confectionery is the art of making confections, or sweet foods.

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Connecticut

Connecticut is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States.

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Cucumber mosaic virus

Cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the family Bromoviridae.

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Cultivar

A cultivar is a kind of cultivated plant that people have selected for desired traits and which retains those traits when propagated.

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Egypt

Egypt (مصر), officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, is a transcontinental country spanning the northeast corner of Africa and the Sinai Peninsula in the southwest corner of Asia.

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Erysiphe cichoracearum

Erysiphe cichoracearum is a fungal plant pathogen that causes powdery mildew disease of cucurbits, including melon, cucumber, pumpkin, and squash.

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Eucalyptol

Eucalyptol (also called cineole) is a monoterpenoid colorless liquid, and a bicyclic ether.

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Europe

Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.

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Flower

A flower, also known as a bloom or blossom, is the reproductive structure found in flowering plants (plants of the division Angiospermae).

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Fragrance oil

Fragrance oils, also known as aroma oils, aromatic oils, and flavor oils, are blended synthetic aroma compounds or natural essential oils that are diluted with a carrier like propylene glycol, vegetable oil, or mineral oil. Spearmint and Fragrance oil are essential oils.

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Fumigation

Fumigation is a method of pest control or the removal of harmful microorganisms by completely filling an area with gaseous pesticides, or fumigants, to suffocate or poison the pests within.

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Gram-negative bacteria

Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that unlike gram-positive bacteria do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation.

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Gram-positive bacteria

In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.

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Heidelberg

Heidelberg (Heidlberg) is a city in the German state of Baden-Württemberg, situated on the river Neckar in south-west Germany.

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Herb

In general use, herbs are a widely distributed and widespread group of plants, excluding vegetables and other plants consumed for macronutrients, with savory or aromatic properties that are used for flavoring and garnishing food, for medicinal purposes, or for fragrances. Spearmint and herb are herbs.

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Herbaceous plant

Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground.

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Herbal tea

Herbal teas, also known as herbal infusions and less commonly called tisanes (UK and US, US also), are beverages made from the infusion or decoction of herbs, spices, or other plant material in hot water; they do not usually contain any true tea (Camellia sinensis). Spearmint and herbal tea are herbs.

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Hybrid (biology)

In biology, a hybrid is the offspring resulting from combining the qualities of two organisms of different varieties, subspecies, species or genera through sexual reproduction.

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Insecticide

Insecticides are pesticides used to kill insects.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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John Gerard

John Gerard (also John Gerarde, 1545–1612) was an English herbalist with a large garden in Holborn, now part of London.

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Larvicide

A larvicide (alternatively larvacide) is an insecticide that is specifically targeted against the larval life stage of an insect.

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Leaf

A leaf (leaves) is a principal appendage of the stem of a vascular plant, usually borne laterally aboveground and specialized for photosynthesis.

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Limonene

Limonene is a colorless liquid aliphatic hydrocarbon classified as a cyclic monoterpene, and is the major component in the volatile oil of citrus fruit peels.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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Maghrebi mint tea

Maghrebi mint tea (Maghrebi Arabic: أتاي, atay; aš-šhāy bin-na'nā'), also known as Moroccan mint tea and Algerian mint tea, is a North African preparation of gunpowder green tea with spearmint leaves and sugar.

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Mentha aquatica

Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds.Euro+Med Plantbase Project) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. Spearmint and Mentha aquatica are mentha.

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Mentha arvensis

Mentha arvensis, the corn mint, field mint, or wild mint, is a species of flowering plant in the mint family Lamiaceae. Spearmint and Mentha arvensis are mentha.

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Mentha × gracilis

Mentha × gracilis (syn. Mentha × gentilis L.; syn. Mentha cardiaca (S.F. Gray) Bak.) is a hybrid mint species within the genus Mentha, a sterile hybrid between Mentha arvensis (cornmint) and Mentha spicata (native spearmint). Spearmint and Mentha × gracilis are mentha.

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Mentha × villosa

Mentha × villosa (syn: Mentha alopecuroides, Mentha nemorosa, Mentha villosa var. alopecuroides) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between Mentha spicata and Mentha suaveolens. Spearmint and Mentha × villosa are herbs and mentha.

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Mentha longifolia

Mentha longifolia, also known as horse mint, brookmint, fillymint or St. Spearmint and Mentha longifolia are mentha.

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Mentha suaveolens

Mentha suaveolens, the apple mint, pineapple mint, woolly mint or round-leafed mint (synonyms M. rotundifolia, Mentha macrostachya, Mentha insularis), is a member of the mint family Lamiaceae. Spearmint and Mentha suaveolens are garden plants, herbs and mentha.

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Menthol

Menthol is an organic compound, more specifically a monoterpenoid, made synthetically or obtained from the oils of corn mint, peppermint, or other mints.

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Menthone

Menthone is a monoterpene with a minty flavor that occurs naturally in a number of essential oils.

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Mint herbal tea

Mint tea is a herbal tea made by infusing mint leaves in hot water.

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Mint julep

Mint julep is an alcoholic cocktail, consisting primarily of bourbon, sugar, water, crushed or shaved ice, and fresh mint.

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Mojito

Mojito is a traditional Cuban punch.

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Mosquito

Mosquitoes, the Culicidae, are a family of small flies consisting of 3,600 species.

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Moth

Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies.

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Nematode

The nematodes (or; Νηματώδη; Nematoda), roundworms or eelworms constitute the phylum Nematoda.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) is the principal historical dictionary of the English language, published by Oxford University Press (OUP), a University of Oxford publishing house.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Penicillin

Penicillins (P, PCN or PEN) are a group of β-lactam antibiotics originally obtained from Penicillium moulds, principally P. chrysogenum and P. rubens.

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Peppermint

Peppermint (Mentha × piperita) is a hybrid species of mint, a cross between watermint and spearmint. Spearmint and Peppermint are herbs and mentha.

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Perennial

In botany, a perennial plant or simply perennial is a plant that lives more than two years.

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PH

In chemistry, pH, also referred to as acidity or basicity, historically denotes "potential of hydrogen" (or "power of hydrogen").

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Phoma strasseri

Phoma strasseri is a fungal plant pathogen infecting mint.

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Ploidy

Ploidy is the number of complete sets of chromosomes in a cell, and hence the number of possible alleles for autosomal and pseudoautosomal genes.

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Polyploidy

Polyploidy is a condition in which the cells of an organism have more than one pair of (homologous) chromosomes.

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Pratylenchus

Pratylenchus is a genus of nematodes known commonly as lesion nematodes.

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Puccinia menthae

Puccinia menthae is a fungal plant pathogen that causes rust on mint plants.

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Rhizoctonia solani

Rhizoctonia solani is a species of fungus in the order Cantharellales.

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Rhizome

In botany and dendrology, a rhizome is a modified subterranean plant stem that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes. Rhizomes are also called creeping rootstalks or just rootstalks. Rhizomes develop from axillary buds and grow horizontally. The rhizome also retains the ability to allow new shoots to grow upwards.

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Root-knot nematode

Root-knot nematodes are plant-parasitic nematodes from the genus Meloidogyne.

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Royal Horticultural Society

The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity.

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South America

South America is a continent entirely in the Western Hemisphere and mostly in the Southern Hemisphere, with a considerably smaller portion in the Northern Hemisphere.

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Southern United States

The Southern United States, sometimes Dixie, also referred to as the Southern States, the American South, the Southland, Dixieland, or simply the South, is a geographic and cultural region of the United States.

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Streptomycin

Streptomycin is an antibiotic medication used to treat a number of bacterial infections, including tuberculosis, ''Mycobacterium avium'' complex, endocarditis, brucellosis, ''Burkholderia'' infection, plague, tularemia, and rat bite fever.

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Swamp

A swamp is a forested wetland.

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Sweet tea

Sweet tea, also known as sweet iced tea, is a popular style of iced tea commonly consumed in countries such as the United States (especially the South) and Indonesia.

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Synonym (taxonomy)

The Botanical and Zoological Codes of nomenclature treat the concept of synonymy differently.

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Tobacco ringspot virus

Tobacco ringspot virus (TRSV) is a plant pathogenic virus in the plant virus family Secoviridae.

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Tomato aspermy virus

Tomato aspermy virus (TAV) is a plant pathogenic virus of the family Bromoviridae.

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Toothpaste

Toothpaste is a paste or gel dentifrice used with a toothbrush to clean and maintain the aesthetics and health of teeth.

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Traditional medicine

Traditional medicine (also known as indigenous medicine or folk medicine) comprises medical aspects of traditional knowledge that developed over generations within the folk beliefs of various societies, including indigenous peoples, before the era of modern medicine.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spearmint

Also known as Garden mint, M. spicata, Mackrelmint, Mentha crispata, Mentha spicata, Mentha spicata 'Nana', Mentha spicata crispa, Mentha viridis, Nana mint, Spear Mint, Spearamint, Spearmint Oil.

, Nematode, North America, Oxford English Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Penicillin, Peppermint, Perennial, PH, Phoma strasseri, Ploidy, Polyploidy, Pratylenchus, Puccinia menthae, Rhizoctonia solani, Rhizome, Root-knot nematode, Royal Horticultural Society, South America, Southern United States, Springer Science+Business Media, Streptomycin, Swamp, Sweet tea, Synonym (taxonomy), Tobacco ringspot virus, Tomato aspermy virus, Toothpaste, Traditional medicine, Variety (botany), Verticillium dahliae, Wasp, William Turner (naturalist).

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