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calamint|ˈkæləmɪnt|
Forms: 4–7 calament, 5–6 calamynt(e, 6 -menthe, 7 calaminth, 8 calemint, 6– calamint.
[ME. calament, a. F. calament (14th c. in Littré), med.L. calamentum, ad. L. calaminthe, a. Gr. καλαµίνθη, καλάµινθος, applied to the same or some similar plant. The Gr. is explained from καλός beautiful + µίνθη, µίνθος mint: but this is perh. only popular etymology. The Eng. word was subsequently assimilated to the L. form, and to mint.]
A genus of aromatic herbs, Calamintha (family Labiatæ), including the Common Calamint (C. officinalis), formerly in repute for its medicinal virtues, Lesser Calamint (C. Nepeta), Wood Calamint (C. sylvatica), and several other species.
[c1265Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 557 Calamentum, (Anglo-Fr.) calemente.] 1322Wardrobe Acc. 16 Edw. II, 23 Calament 4d per lb. 1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvii. xxxiv. (1495) 623 Calament is an herbe like Mynte. c1440Promp. Parv. 58 Calamynt, herbe, calamenta, balsamita. 1551Turner Herbal i. (1568) 81 Calamynt..is good for them that ar byten of serpentes. 1579Langham Gard. Health (1633) 112 Calament drunke three dayes, helpeth the Jaundies. 1596Spenser F.Q. iii. ii. 49 But th' aged nourse..Had gathered rew..and calamint. 1625B. Jonson Pan's Anniv. 25 Blue hare-bells, pagles, pansies, calaminth. 1688R. Holme Armoury ii. 108/1 Calamint is purplish, and of a blush colour. 1835Hooker Brit. Flora 248. |