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spearmint (n.)
[spearmint 词源字典]
1530s, from
spear
(n.2) +
mint
(n.1). "Said to be a corruption of
spire-mint
, with reference to the pyramidal inflorescence" [Century Dictionary].
[spearmint etymology, spearmint origin, 英语词源]