Crossword clues for monarda
The Collaborative International Dictionary
monarda \monarda\ n. Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda.
Syn: wild bergamot.
Wiktionary
n. (context botany English) Any of the genus ''Monarda'' of flowering plants, the bergamots or bee balms.
WordNet
n. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda [syn: wild bergamot]
Wikipedia
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 of bergamot orange (Citrus bergamia). The genus was named for the Spanish botanist Nicolás Monardes, who wrote a book in 1574 describing plants of the New World.
Monarda is a genus of moths in the Sphingidae family, containing only one species, Monarda oryx, which is known from Mexico.
The scales and most of the hairs on the forewing upperside are deep rusty brown, except at the costal and distal margins and upon the veins, which are olive. There are two interrupted black antemedian bands and two discal series of black chevrons as well as a series of black postdiscal spots. There are no rusty brown scales on the forewing underside.
Adults are on wing in July.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Ipomoea stans.
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.