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Mentha spicata, A herb of the mint family, commonly used in herb tea, candy and to treat mild stomach ache.
Examples of spearmint in a Sentence
The only type of mint you should use to make Juleps is fresh spearmint.
This particular tea also features chamomile, orange peel and spearmint leaves to enhance the flavor.
A common approach is to lightly muddle spearmint leaves in the bottom of a glass, although some people believe that muddling bruises the mint and compromises the quality.
The company blends the valerian with chamomile, spearmint and other soothing herbs to help alleviate insomnia.
This tea features the calming ingredients of the company's popular Sleepytime tea (spearmint and soothing Egyptian chamomile), plus licorice root, lemongrass, ginger and slippery elm bark to help coat the throat.
Peppermint, spearmint, and even catnip all belong to the mint family of herbs.
Peppermint and spearmint, two herbs listed as included in this company's products, provide pleasant tasting teas, flavor candies and desserts, and also have medicinal qualities; their aromas are stimulating rather than soothing.
Spearmint, wintergreen, banana, assorted fruit, bubblegum, and cherry are some of the more popular flavors, as well as the traditional peppermint.
They had the chance to do a commercial for Wrigley's Spearmint Gum and they dyed their hair blonde for the commercial.
The best known of these are cloves, pimento (allspice), myrtle, eucalyptus, caraway, fennel, dill, coriander, rosemary, lavender, peppermint, spearmint, nutmeg, cinnamon, sandal-wood, turpentine, juniper berries, valerian and sumbul.
Citrus and spearmint oils will also revive the poor lamb 's aching muscles after a hard game of footie.
Is peppermint better, or should you use spearmint?
Try mint or spearmint teas for a basic cold.