horse·mint /ˈhɔrsˌmɪnt/
Horse·mint n. Bot. (a) A coarse American plant of the Mint family (Monarda punctata). (b) In England, the wild mint (Mentha sylvestris).
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horsemint
n 1: an annual horsemint of central and western United States and
northern Mexico [syn: lemon mint, Monarda citriodora]
2: tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and
heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies
grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in
Mexico [syn: Monarda punctata]
3: a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and
spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern
United States [syn: Mentha longifolia]