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corn mint

corn mint

6.8
A small herb with a strong smell and green leaves used to make tea and oils
  • noun
  • /kɔrn mɪnt/
  • UK
translation icon : menta de maíz
  • The leaves of corn mint are often used to make herbal teas and flavor dishes.

Examples

  • Some farmers grow corn mint to extract essential oil for medicinal use.

  • Fresh corn mint enhances the flavor of salads.

  • Corn mint grows well in moist soils along field edges and roadsides.

  • I love adding corn mint to my tea.

  • The leaves of corn mint are often used to make herbal teas and flavor dishes.

  • Some farmers grow corn mint to extract essential oil for medicinal use.

  • I love adding corn mint to my tea.

Synonyms

Mentha arvensis
vscorn mint
  • Specialized
8.3

A small mint plant with a strong mint smell that grows in wet places

focuses on European origin and use for flavoring or medicinal purposes
field mint
vscorn mint
4.6

A wild plant with a fresh smell used to add taste to food and tea

highlights European origin and adds medicinal as well as flavoring use

Surface Forms

corn mint singular
corn mints plural

Morphology

corn + mint

This is a noun compound where the head 'mint' provides the core meaning (an aromatic herb) and 'corn' simply specifies a variety or association, so a learner who knows both words can infer it denotes a type of mint used for flavoring. The modifier+head pattern for plant names is cross-linguistically common, making the meaning predictable and transparent to B1 learners.

Etymology

Corn mint may get its name from where the plant grows: corn once meant 'grain' or 'field crops', and the herb mint often grew at the edges of those fields. That's why the name points to a mint that grows by grain fields and is used for flavor and medicine.