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Perennial family that includes bee balm and horsemint
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monarda
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Monarda is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family , Lamiaceae . The genus is endemic to North America . Common names include bee balm , horsemint , oswego tea , and bergamot , the latter inspired by the fragrance of the leaves, which is reminiscent ...
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n. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda [syn: wild bergamot ]
The Collaborative International Dictionary
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monarda \monarda\ n. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda . Syn: wild bergamot.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Monarda'' of flowering plants, the bergamots or bee balms.
Usage examples of monarda.
In summer, I have purple floods of centaurea, feathery red heads of monarda, cheery yellow petals of coreopsis, pools of sage, and oceans of black-eyed Susans.
Viscaria flore-pleno, Lysimachia clethroides, Margyricarpus setosus, Mazus pumilio, Melittis melissophyllum, Monarda didyma, M.
Hypericum calycinum, Lactuca sonchifolia, Lilium auratum, Linum flavum, Lobelia cardinalis, Lysimachia clethroides, Margyricarpus setosus, Mazus pumilio, Monarda didyma, M.
So far, Monarda punctata is considered the only plant indigenous to North America which can be looked upon as a fruitful source of Thymol, though another American swamp plant, closely allied to it, M.