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beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
1. a perennial herb ({Monarda fistulosa}) of North America.
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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.
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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.
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Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote,
fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di
a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.)
(a) A tree of the Orange family ({Citrus bergamia}),
having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind
of which an essential oil of delicious odor is
extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit.
(b) A variety of mint ({Mentha aquatica}, var. glabrata).
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2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit.
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3. A variety of pear. --Johnson.
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4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot.
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The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot.
--Cowper.
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5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or
hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been
invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit.
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{Wild bergamot} (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family
({Monarda fistulosa}).
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