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Meaning of peppermint tree | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. Any of several species of eucalypt which yield an essential oil that smells of peppermint, especially a member of the stringybark group.
  2. A tree of the family Myrtaceae bearing leaves that smell of peppermint, especially willow myrtle, Agonis flexuosa, often colloquially called a peppy.

Examples

“Maybe even a peppermint tree, broad and moppish and spicy like the ones lining Eliza's street.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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