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Peppermint   /pˈɛpərmˌɪnt/   Listen
Peppermint

noun
1.
Herb with downy leaves and small purple or white flowers that yields a pungent oil used as a flavoring.  Synonym: Mentha piperita.
2.
Red gum tree of Tasmania.  Synonyms: Eucalyptus amygdalina, peppermint gum, red gum.
3.
A candy flavored with peppermint oil.  Synonym: peppermint candy.



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"Peppermint" Quotes from Famous Books



... was ever in a place like this?" she said, putting the glass of green stuff to her lips. "Is it nice? It smells of peppermint." ...
— Forsyte Saga • John Galsworthy

... Pigling Bland. "I see no reason, young sir; your paper is all right." Pigling Bland did not like going on alone, and it was beginning to rain. But it is unwise to argue with the police; he gave his brother a peppermint, and watched him out ...
— A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories • Beatrix Potter

... while he put the slides back in the portable holder and broke open the plastic box. It contained a gleaming hypo filled with what looked like a small quantity of water. There was an odd peppermint-like odor ...
— Rescue Squad • Thomas J. O'Hara

... wull—it'll dae again—but man, hoo'll ye square it wi' the wife when ye gang hame to the manse the nicht? We'll baith hae oor ain times, I'm dootin'. Here's a sweetie for ye; it's a peppermint lozenge, an' it's a graun' ...
— St. Cuthbert's • Robert E. Knowles

... sighing, and then laughing; "here, I'll give you some peppermint cushions for the little ones, and then you run along before I give you the roof off my head and ...
— The Railway Children • E. Nesbit


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