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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Pēp'per-mint, n.

noun

n. [Eng. pepper and mint; Ger. pfeffer-münze.] (Bot.) An aromatic and pungent plant of the genus Mentha (M. piperita); also, a liquor distilled from the plant.

A botanical illustration of a peppermint plant with serrated leaves and a tall flowering stem.
Peppermint (Mentha piperita).