| Kieli | Käännökset |
|---|---|
| esperanto | pipromento |
| hollanti | pepermunt |
| italia | menta piperita, caramella alla menta, mentina, menta |
| japani | ミント (minto), 薄荷 (hakka), ペパーミント (pepāminto) |
| kreikka | μέντα (ménta), δυόσμος (dyósmos) |
| norja | peppermynte |
| portugali | hortelã-pimenta |
| puola | mięta pieprzowa |
| ranska | menthe poivrée, peppermint, paparmane |
| ruotsi | pepparmynta |
| saksa | Pfefferminze, Pfefferminzbonbon, Pfefferminz |
| suomi | piparminttu, piparminttukaramelli |
| tanska | pebermynte |
| turkki | nane |
| tšekki | máta peprná |
| unkari | borsmenta, menta |
| venäjä | мята (mjata), перечная мята (peretšnaja mjata) |
| Monikko | peppermints |
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.
Peppermint – Mentha × piperita – L. Mentha × odora Salisb. Mentha × balsamea Willd. Mentha × banatica Heinr.Braun – Mentha × braousiana Pérard – Mentha × concinna Pérard – Mentha × crispula Wender. Mentha × durandoana Malinv. ex Batt. Mentha × exaltata Heinr.Braun – Mentha × fraseri Druce – Mentha × glabra Bellardi ex Colla – Mentha × glabrata Vahl – Mentha × hercynica Röhl. Mentha × heuffelii Heinr.Braun – Mentha × hircina Hull – Mentha × hircina J.Fraser – Mentha × hirtescens Haw. ex Spach – Mentha × hortensis Ten. Mentha hortensis var. citrata Ten. Mentha × hudsoniana Heinr.Braun – Mentha × kahirina Forssk. Mentha × langii Geiger ex T.Nees – Mentha × napolitana Ten. Mentha × nigricans Mill. Mentha × officinalis Hull – Mentha × pimentum Nees ex Bluff & Fingerh. Mentha × piperoides Malinv. Mentha × schultzii Boutigny ex F.W.Schultz – Mentha × tenuis Frank ex Benth.
(countable) Any of various sweets containing extract of the peppermint herb; peppermint confectionery.
Peppermint throat lozenge, advertised as "prevention better than cure", sold in London in 1877