Noun: mentha
| Singular | mentha |
| Plural | menthas |
Sample Sentences
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Very aromatic; all culinary menthas can be used for sauces, jellies, and candied leaves. [1974, Daniel J. Foley, Herbs for Use and for Delight: An Anthology from The Herbarist, page 89:]
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In the plots where black peppermint were planted as inter-row crop, there were 4 rows of Citronella or other menthas with alternate rows of black peppermint. [1976, Agriculture and Agro-industries Journal, volume 9, page 19:]
Nouns inflected like mentha
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From the genus name, Mentha, from Latin mentha (“mint”). Doublet of mint. See: Latin Nouns '
mentha'.