mint

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mint1

▶noun

• 1 an aromatic plant with two-lipped, typically lilac flowers, several kinds of which are used as culinary herbs. [Genus Mentha: several species.]

  ■ the flavour of mint, especially peppermint.

• 2 a peppermint sweet.

– derivatives
minted adjective,
minty adjective (mintier, mintiest).

– origin OE minte, of W. Gmc origin; ult. via L. from Gk minthē.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
mint2

▶noun

• 1 a place where money is coined.

• 2 informal a large sum of money: it cost a mint.

▶adjective in pristine condition; as new. ▶verb

• 1 make (a coin) by stamping metal.

• 2 (usu. as adj. minted) produce for the first time: newly minted technology.

– derivatives
mintage noun,
minter noun.

– origin OE mynet ‘coin’, of W. Gmc origin; from L. moneta ‘money’.