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apple mint

apple mint

3.2
A small plant with leaves that taste cool and smell like apples and are used in cooking and tea
  • noun
  • /ˈæpəl mɪnt/
translation icon : menta manzana
  • For a unique flavor, try adding apple mint leaves to your fruit salad.

This is an instance of the species apple mint.

Examples

  • The refreshing taste of herbal tea made with apple mint is perfect for summer.

  • And now they also have Varden Apple mint flavored chewables.

  • I love the aroma of apple mint when I walk through the herb garden.

Synonyms

mint
vsapple mint
108 1.0

A plant with strong smelling leaves used to flavor food

is a specific type of that aromatic plant with a fruitlike scented leaf
Mentha rotundifolia
vsapple mint
  • Specialized
9.9

A mint plant with round leaves and a light apple smell

is the common name used in everyday contexts rather than a botanical label
Mentha suaveolens
vsapple mint
  • Specialized
9.9

A mint plant with soft, hairy leaves that smell like apples

is the common culinary and herbal name used in cooking and teas
applemint
vsapple mint
6.8

A garden herb with leaves that smell like apples and are used in teas and salads

is the species often mentioned in recipes and herbal tea contexts

Surface Forms

apple mint singular
apple mints plural

Morphology

apple + mint

The compound 'apple mint' is compositional: 'apple' provides a sensory/attribute (apple-like scent or flavor) and 'mint' names the herb, so a learner who knows both words can infer it is a mint with apple-like qualities. This adjective-noun sensory naming pattern is common cross-linguistically and follows standard English noun-modifier composition, making the meaning immediately recoverable.

Etymology

Apple mint is named for the smell of its leaves: the leaves smell a little like apples but the plant is a mint, so people put apple and mint together in the name. That's why it is often 'used in cooking and herbal teas'.