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BEE BALM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

bee balm; beebalm; garden balm; lemon balm; Melissa officinalis; sweet balm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bee balm" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Meronyms (parts of "bee balm"):

lemon balm (lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches)

Holonyms ("bee balm" is a member of...):

genus Melissa; Melissa (a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads

Synonyms:

bee balm; beebalm; bergamot mint; Monarda didyma; oswego tea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bee balm" is a kind of...):

monarda; wild bergamot (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Perennial herb of North America

Synonyms:

bee balm; beebalm; Monarda fistulosa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("bee balm" is a kind of...):

monarda; wild bergamot (any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda)

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