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- noun A
herb , Calamintha nepeta, lesser calamint.
Etymologies
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Italian
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The ragu for a dish of pappardelle, a noodle with special currency in Tuscany, was made with a fennel-flavored salami that I don't often encounter, and one of the dish's accents was nepitella, a minty wild herb that grows in the countryside around Florence.
The Seattle Times 2011
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