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Araminta 'Minty' Cane, character from the TV series Moondial and the Helen Cresswell book it was based on Harriet Araminta Lee, main character from Helen Oyeyemi 's novel, Gingerbread A similar name was used by poet Richard Lovelace for the title heroine of "Aramantha: A Pastorall" (1649)
Minty may refer to: relating to the mint plant Mentha. Spearmint (flavour) Minty (band), a band founded by Leigh Bowery in 1993; Minty, a 1998 Australian–British comedy series; Minty, Poland, a village; Emil Minty (born 1972), former actor; Minty Peterson, a fictional character in the British TV series EastEnders
Mentha, also known as mint (from Greek μίνθα míntha, [2] Linear B mi-ta [3]), is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae. [4] It is estimated that 13 to 24 species exist, but the exact distinction between species is unclear.
The Naiad nymph Minthe, daughter of the infernal river-god Cocytus, became concubine to Hades, the lord of the Underworld and god of the dead. [9] [10] In jealousy, his wife Persephone intervened and metamorphosed Minthe, in the words of Strabo's account, "into the garden mint, which some call hedyosmos (lit. 'sweet-smelling')".
The Greek word "pyknos" has the meaning of "dense", "tight", or "close-packed". [4] [5] It was combined with "anthos" meaning flower to give the genus name. [6] Pycnanthemum belongs to the true mint subtribe (Menthinae), [7] and it has been shown to be closely related to the Monarda, Blephilia, and the scrub mints of the Southeastern United ...
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Mentha aquatica (water mint; syn. Mentha hirsuta Huds. [ 3 ] ) is a perennial flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae . It grows in moist places and is native to much of Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia .
Mentha pulegium, commonly (European) pennyroyal, or pennyrile, also called mosquito plant [2] and pudding grass, [3] is a species of flowering plant in the mint family, Lamiaceae, native to Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East. [4] Crushed pennyroyal leaves emit a very strong fragrance similar to spearmint.