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Definition of Basil balm

1. Noun. Perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls.

2. Noun. Fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America.

Definition of Basil balm

1. Noun. A perennial herb, ''Monarda clinopodia'', found in eastern North America, which has aromatic foliage and white- or yellowish- pink flowers. ¹

2. Noun. A fragrant European mint, ''Satureia acinos'', which has also been naturalised in eastern North America. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Basil Balm

basified basifier basifiers basifies basifixed basifugal basify basifying basigynia basigynium

basihyal basihyals basihyoid basihyoids basil basil balm (current term) basil mint basil thyme basilar basilar angle

basilar apophysis basilar artery basilar bone basilar cartilage basilar crest of cochlear duct basilar fibrocartilage basilar index basilar interstitial lung disease

Literary usage of Basil balm

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"basil balm. (Fig. 3149.) Thymus Acinos L. Sp. PI. 591. 1753. Melissa Acinos Benth. Lab. Gen. & Sp. 389. 1834. Cal. Acinos Benth. in DC. Prodr. 12: 230. ..."

2. Odorographia: A Natural History of Raw Materials and Drugs Used in the by John Charles Sawer (1894)
"... basil balm, or Basil Thyme. Melissa Acinos, Benth. Lab., p. 399 (from a/civo? the Greek name of a balsamic plant now unknown). This is an herbaceous, ..."

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