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Bee balm   Listen
noun
bee balm, beebalm  n.  
1.
A perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America.
2.
A perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America (Monarda didyma) having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads.
Synonyms: bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea.
3.
A bushy perennial Old World mint, Melissa officinalis, having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America.
Synonyms: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa officinalis.





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"Bee balm" Quotes from Famous Books



... Violets, some are for Roses, Some for Peniriall, some for Bee Balm, When they go church-along carrying posies (Smell 'em and glance at the lads in the psalm); I am for Southernwood, Southernwood, Southernwood (Lad's Love 'tis called by the home-folk hereby), All in the summertime, summertime, summertime— Lad's Love 'tis called, ...
— Punch, or The London Charivari, Vol. 153, November 7, 1917 • Various


Words linked to "Bee balm" :   beebalm, bergamot mint, herb, Melissa officinalis, wild bergamot, Melissa, oswego tea


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