MINT

I. noun Etymology: Middle English ~e, from Old English, from Latin mentha, menta; akin to Greek ~hē ~ Date: before 12th century any of a family (Labiatae, the ~ family) of aromatic plants with a square stem and a 4-lobed ovary which produces four one-seeded nutlets in fruit, a confection flavored with ~, ~y adjective II. noun Etymology: Middle English mynt coin, money, from Old English mynet, from Latin moneta ~, coin, from Moneta, epithet of Juno; from the fact that the Romans coined money in the temple of Juno Moneta Date: 15th century a place where coins, medals, or tokens are made, a place where something is manufactured, a vast sum or amount , III. transitive verb Date: circa 1520 to make (as coins) out of metal ; coin , create , produce , to cause to attain an indicated status , ~er noun IV. adjective Date: 1902 unmarred as if fresh from a ~