1.
[syn: bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea, Monarda didyma]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Oswego tea \Os*we"go tea"\ (Bot.)
An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma), with showy,
bright red, labiate flowers.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
1. a perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America.
[WordNet 1.5]
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.
[WordNet 1.5]
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.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
Monarda didyma
n 1: perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having
variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
[syn: bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea,
Monarda didyma]