mint
In botany, any aromatic plant of the mint family, widely distributed in temperate regions. The plants have square stems, creeping roots, and spikes of usually pink or purplish flowers. The family includes garden mint (M. spicata) and peppermint (M. piperita). (Genus Mentha, family Labiatae.)
mint
In economics, a place where coins are stamped from metal under government authority. In the US the official mint is the Bureau of the Mint, which was established by the Coining Act 1792 in Philadelphia.
The US Mint, a division of the Treasury Department, operates six facilities across the country, located at Denver, Fort Knox, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Washington, DC, and West Point. It directs the coinage of money, the manufacture of medals, and the custody of bullion.
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