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Peppermint vs Peppermintlike - What's the difference?

peppermint | peppermintlike |

As a noun peppermint

is a hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.

As an adjective peppermintlike is

resembling or characteristic of peppermint.

peppermint

English

(wikipedia peppermint)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A hybrid herb of the mint family formed by crossing watermint and spearmint, which has a high menthol content and a sharp flavor and is used in cooking, especially in herb teas and in confections.
  • A confection containing extract of peppermint.

    • Derived terms

    * peppermint stick

    peppermintlike

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • Resembling or characteristic of peppermint.