WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
mint′ fam′ily,
- Plant Biologythe large plant family Labiatae (or Lamiaceae), characterized by aromatic herbaceous plants having square stems, simple leaves, clusters of two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of small nutlets, and including basil, bee balm, catnip, coleus, lavender, marjoram, oregano, peppermint, rosemary, sage, spearmint, and thyme.
'mint family' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
balm
- basil
- basil thyme
- bee balm
- bergamot
- betony
- black sage
- blue-curls
- bugleweed
- calamint
- catnip
- chia
- coleus
- dead nettle
- dittany
- false dragonhead
- germander
- ground ivy
- ground pine
- hedge nettle
- hemp nettle
- henbit
- horehound
- hyssop
- labiate
- lamb's ears
- lamium
- lavender
- lip
- marjoram
- menthaceous
- mint
- monarda
- mother-of-thyme
- motherwort
- oregano
- Oswego tea
- pennyroyal
- peppermint
- perilla
- purple sage
- rosemary
- Texas sage
- thyme
- vinegarweed
- white sage
- wild bergamot
- woundwort
- Yerba Buena