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WILD BERGAMOT
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda
Synonyms:
monarda; wild bergamot
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("wild bergamot" 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)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild bergamot"):
bee balm; beebalm; bergamot mint; Monarda didyma; oswego tea (perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads)
horsemint; Monarda punctata (tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico)
bee balm; beebalm; Monarda fistulosa (perennial herb of North America)
horsemint; lemon mint; Monarda citriodora (an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico)
Monarda pectinata; plains lemon monarda (annual of southern United States)
basil balm; Monarda clinopodia (perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls)
Holonyms ("wild bergamot" is a member of...):
genus Monarda (wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm)
