peppermint

From pepper +‎ mint.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpəˌmɪnt/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈpɛpɚˌmɪnt/

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peppermint (countable and uncountable, plural peppermints)

1. A hybrid herb of the mint family (Mentha × piperita), 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. [from 17th c.]
2. (Australia) Any of various eucalypts of southeastern Australia whose leaves yield peppermint-like essential oils. [from 18th c.]
   • 2004, Nicholas Shakespeare, In Tasmania, Harvill Press, p. 76:

     In the hissing flames, Greenhill and Travers boiled the bark from peppermint gums and roasted their kangaroo-skin jackets.

3. (countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery. [from 19th c.]

• → French: paparmane
• → Japanese: ペパーミント (pepāminto)
• → Korean: 페퍼민트 (pepeominteu)

Borrowed from English peppermint.

peppermint m (plural peppermints)

1. peppermint (various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb)

• “peppermint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.