mint family

Noun

Meaning

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

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Oregano, origanum vulgare, is a well-known common species of Origanum, a genus of the mint family. Source: Internet

Other alleged weight reduction aids were made of Malabar tamarinds, white kidney bean extract, extract of forskolin (root of a plant in the mint family), and extract of a cactus from India and elsewhere. Source: Internet

Patchouli belongs to the mint family, and is often used to make perfumes and bug sprays. Source: Internet

There are about 50 Lamium species in the mint family. Source: Internet

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