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Mentha Mentha Men"tha, n. [L. See Mint the plant.] (Bot.)
A widely distributed genus of fragrant herbs, including the
peppermint, spearmint, etc. The plants have small flowers,
usually arranged in dense axillary clusters.
Mentha Menthol Men"thol, n. [Mentha + -ol.] (Chem.)
A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor,
extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also
mint camphor or peppermint camphor.
Mentha aquatica Water mint Wa"ter mint`
A kind of mint (Mentha aquatica) growing in wet places, and
sometimes having a perfume resembling bergamot.
Mentha Pulegium Pennyroyal Pen`ny*roy"al, n. [A corruption of OE. puliall
royal. OE. puliall is ultimately derived fr. L. puleium, or
pulegium regium (so called as being good against fleas), fr.
pulex a flea; and royal is a translation of L. regium, in
puleium regium.] (Bot.)
An aromatic herb (Mentha Pulegium) of Europe; also, a North
American plant (Hedeoma pulegioides) resembling it in
flavor.
Bastard pennyroyal (Bot.) See Blue curls, under Blue.
Mentha Pulegium Pudding Pud"ding, n. [Cf. F. boudin black pudding, sausage, L.
botulus, botellus, a sausage, G. & Sw. pudding pudding, Dan.
podding, pudding, LG. puddig thick, stumpy, W. poten, potten,
also E. pod, pout, v.]
1. A species of food of a soft or moderately hard
consistence, variously made, but often a compound of flour
or meal, with milk and eggs, etc.
And solid pudding against empty praise. --Pope.
2. Anything resembling, or of the softness and consistency
of, pudding.
3. An intestine; especially, an intestine stuffed with meat,
etc.; a sausage. --Shak.
4. Any food or victuals.
Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.
--Prior.
5. (Naut.) Same as Puddening.
Pudding grass (Bot.), the true pennyroyal (Mentha
Pulegium), formerly used to flavor stuffing for roast
meat. --Dr. Prior.
Pudding pie, a pudding with meat baked in it. --Taylor
(1630).
Pudding pipe (Bot.), the long, cylindrical pod of the
leguminous tree Cassia Fistula. The seeds are separately
imbedded in a sweetish pulp. See Cassia.
Pudding sleeve, a full sleeve like that of the English
clerical gown. --Swift.
Pudding stone. (Min.) See Conglomerate, n., 2.
Pudding time.
(a) The time of dinner, pudding being formerly the dish
first eaten. [Obs.] --Johnson.
(b) The nick of time; critical time. [Obs.]
Mars, that still protects the stout, In pudding
time came to his aid. --Hudibras.
Mentha sativa Yerba Yer"ba, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
An herb; a plant.
Note: This word is much used in compound names of plants in
Spanish; as, yerba buena [Sp., a good herb], a name
applied in Spain to several kinds of mint (Mentha
sativa, viridis, etc.), but in California
universally applied to a common, sweet-scented labiate
plant (Micromeria Douglasii).
Yerba dol osa. [Sp., herb of the she-bear.] A kind of
buckthorn (Rhamnus Californica).
Yerba mansa. [Sp., a mild herb, soft herb.] A plant
(Anemopsis Californica) with a pungent, aromatic
rootstock, used medicinally by the Mexicans and the
Indians.
Yerba reuma. [Cf. Sp. reuma rheum, rheumatism.] A low
California undershrub (Frankenia grandifolia).
Mentha sylvestris Horsemint Horse"mint`, n. (Bot.)
(a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda
punctata).
(b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
Mentha viridis Spearmint Spear"mint`, n. [So named from its spiry, not
capitate, inflorescence. --Dr. Prior.] (Bot.)
A species of mint (Mentha viridis) growing in moist soil.
It vields an aromatic oil. See Mint, and Mentha.
Menthene Menthene Men"thene, n. [Menthol + terpene.] (Chem.)
A colorless liquid hydrocarbon resembling oil of turpentine,
obtained by dehydrating menthol. It has an agreeable odor and
a cooling taste.
menthol Camphor Cam"phor, n. [OE. camfere, F. camphre (cf. It.
camfara, Sp. camfara, alcanfor, LL. camfora, camphara, NGr.
?), fr. Ar. k[=a]f[=u]r, prob. fr. Skr. karp[=u]ra.]
1. A tough, white, aromatic resin, or gum, obtained from
different species of the Laurus family, esp. from
Cinnamomum camphara (the Laurus camphara of
Linn[ae]us.). Camphor, C10H16O, is volatile and
fragrant, and is used in medicine as a diaphoretic, a
stimulant, or sedative.
2. A gum resembling ordinary camphor, obtained from a tree
(Dryobalanops camphora) growing in Sumatra and Borneo;
-- called also Malay camphor, camphor of Borneo, or
borneol. See Borneol.
Note: The name camphor is also applied to a number of bodies
of similar appearance and properties, as cedar
camphor, obtained from the red or pencil cedar
(Juniperus Virginiana), and peppermint camphor, or
menthol, obtained from the oil of peppermint.
Camphor oil (Chem.), name variously given to certain
oil-like products, obtained especially from the camphor
tree.
Camphor tree, a large evergreen tree (Cinnamomum
Camphora) with lax, smooth branches and shining
triple-nerved lanceolate leaves, probably native in China,
but now cultivated in most warm countries. Camphor is
collected by a process of steaming the chips of the wood
and subliming the product.
Menthol Menthol Men"thol, n. [Mentha + -ol.] (Chem.)
A white, crystalline, aromatic substance resembling camphor,
extracted from oil of peppermint (Mentha); -- called also
mint camphor or peppermint camphor.
Menthyl Menthyl Men"thyl, n. [Mentha + -yl.] (Chem.)
A compound radical forming the base of menthol.
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