The Collaborative International Dictionary
Oswego tea \Os*we"go tea"\ (Bot.) An American aromatic herb ( Monarda didyma), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.
beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
a perennial herb ( Monarda fistulosa) of North America.
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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.
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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.
Wikipedia
Monarda didyma (crimson beebalm, scarlet beebalm, scarlet monarda, Oswego tea, or bergamot) is an aromatic herb in the family Lamiaceae, native to eastern North America from Maine west to Ontario and Minnesota, and south to northern Georgia. Its odor is considered similar to that of the bergamot orange (the source of bergamot oil used to flavor Earl Grey tea). The scientific name comes from Nicolas Monardes, who described the first American flora in 1569.
Usage examples of "monarda didyma".
This Mint has a very pleasant, aromatic, lemon-like odour, somewhat resembling that of the Bergamot Orange, or that of the Oswego Tea (Monarda didyma), also called Bergamot, and its leaves like those of the latter can be employed in pot pourri.