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Definition of Molucca balm
1. Noun. Aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Molucella, Molucella
Lexicographical Neighbors of Molucca Balm
Literary usage of Molucca balm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ladies Flower-garden of Ornamental Annuals by Loudon (Jane) (1842)
"OF ORNAMENTAL ANNUALS GENUS IV. MOLUCELLA, Lin. molucca balm. Lin. Syst. ...
THE SMOOTH molucca balm. ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1890)
"... an old garden-flower from Asia, once supposed to come from the Moluccas, is
called molucca balm, and also »hell-flower, from ito large cup-shaped calyx, ..."
3. Hortus Kewensis; Or, A Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal by William Aiton (1811)
"Tuberous-rooted molucca balm. Nat. of Tartary. Introd. 1796, by the Right Hon.
Sir Joseph Banks, sp. pi. 3. p. 1*9. Bart. К. B. Ft. July. H. 1/. ..."
4. Familiar Flowers of Field and Garden by Ferdinand Schuyler Mathews (1895)
"molucca balm is another green flower sometimes seen in old gardens. The petunia
is strong in purple-reds and steel- blues, colors which are not ..."
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