from
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
field balm
n 1: trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having
rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in
hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes
placed in genus Nepeta [syn: {ground ivy}, {alehoof},
{field balm}, {gill-over-the-ground}, {runaway robin},
{Glechoma hederaceae}, {Nepeta hederaceae}]
2: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States [syn:
{lesser calamint}, {field balm}, {Calamintha nepeta},
{Calamintha nepeta glantulosa}, {Satureja nepeta}, {Satureja
calamintha glandulosa}]