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lamb & mint
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lamb mint — noun 1. : spearmint 2. : peppermint … Useful english dictionary
lamb's-mint — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun (plural lamb s mints) : lamb mint … Useful english dictionary
mint jelly — or mint sauce n. a jelly (or sauce) flavored with mint leaves, served esp. with lamb * * * … Universalium
mint jelly — or mint sauce n. a jelly (or sauce) flavored with mint leaves, served esp. with lamb … English World dictionary
mint sauce — noun uncount a sauce made from MINT leaves, VINEGAR, and sugar, and usually eaten with LAMB or other meat … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
mint sauce — noun sweetened diluted vinegar with chopped mint leaves • Hypernyms: ↑condiment * * * mint sauce noun 1. Chopped spearmint or other mint mixed with vinegar and sugar, used esp as a sauce for roast lamb 2. Money (with pun on ↑mint2; slang) • • •… … Useful english dictionary
mint — mint1 /mint/, n. 1. any aromatic herb of the genus Mentha, having opposite leaves and small, whorled flowers, as the spearmint and peppermint. Cf. mint family. 2. a soft or hard confection, often shaped like a wafer, that is usually flavored with … Universalium
lamb's ears — noun plural but singular in construction : a perennial hedge nettle (Stachys olympica) densely covered with whitish silky wool called also woolly hedge nettle * * * pl. lamb s ears. a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint… … Useful english dictionary
lamb — /lam/, n. 1. a young sheep. 2. the meat of a young sheep. 3. a person who is gentle, meek, innocent, etc.: Their little daughter is such a lamb. 4. a person who is easily cheated or outsmarted, esp. an inexperienced speculator. 5. the Lamb,… … Universalium
lamb's ears — pl. lamb s ears. a hardy Middle Eastern plant, Stachys byzantina, of the mint family, having white, wooly leaves and small, purple flowers in dense whorls. * * * or lamb s ear Widely cultivated perennial herb (Stachys byzantina,orS. olympica) of… … Universalium
