| 单词 | field mint | 
| 释义 | > as lemmasfield mint   field mint  n. a wild mint,  Mentha arvensis, widespread in north temperate regions with clusters of pale pink to purple flowers; also called corn mint. ΚΠ eOE    Cleopatra Gloss. in  W. G. Stryker Lat.-Old Eng. Gloss. in MS Cotton Cleopatra A.III 		(Ph.D. diss., Stanford Univ.)	 		(1951)	 316  				Mentasri, feldminte. OE    Brussels Gloss. in  T. Wright  & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. 		(1884)	 I. 301  				Mentarium, feldminte. 1626    F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §518  				We see that Water-mint turneth into field-mint and the Colewort into Rape by neglect. 1789    J. Pilkington View Derbyshire I. viii. 421  				Field Mint... Not uncommon.—When eaten in large quantities by cows, from extreme hunger, it is said to prevent their milk from yielding curd. 1815    Farmer's Mag. Aug. 361  				We think the field mint (Mentha arvensis) may be destroyed best by August culture, when its top is buried and its white roots exposed. 1922    Amer. Botanist 28 120  				The only species [of mint] native to both sides of the ocean is Mentha arvensis which is known as field mint and corn mint for growing in cultivated fields. 1999    H. W. Phillips Central Rocky Mountain Wildflowers 41  				Hikers and canoeists often smell the strong aroma of field mint, crushed underfoot, before they see it. < as lemmas | 
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