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beebalm

beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\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.

    Syn: 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.

    Syn: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa officinalis.

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beebalm
  1. n. perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, Monarda fistulosa]

  2. perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads [syn: bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma]

  3. bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America [syn: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa officinalis]

Usage examples of "beebalm".

I arrived at the Beebalm Chandlery in Buckkeep Town one afternoon, gifts in hand, in time to see her leaving.

He was quiet for a time, and then told me that he'd heard the owner of the Beebalm Chandlery had died in debt, and that his daughter who had expected to inherit it had gone to live with relatives in a village instead.

When he did speak, he told me only that he had heard that the Beebalm Chandlery closed when the old drunkard that owned it had died in debt.

Then, in the thickets of borage and beebalm that she had planted around them, she stood with her arms outstretched in front of her and sang something in tones so high that no normal person could have heard them.

Radiating hurt pride, he stalked to the far end of the porch and disappeared into a large clump of beebalm.

The brew of goldenrod, beebalm, and wild bergamot was a blackish green, and smelled like burnt fields, but it might help.