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Definition of Calamintha grandiflora
1. Noun. Aromatic herb with large pink flowers; southern and southeastern Europe; Anatolia; northern Iran.
Exact synonyms: Clinopodium Grandiflorum, Large-flowered Calamint, Satureja Grandiflora
Generic synonyms: Calamint
Generic synonyms: Calamint
Lexicographical Neighbors of Calamintha Grandiflora
Literary usage of Calamintha grandiflora
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Phytologist: A Popular Botanical Miscellany edited by George Luxford, Edward Newman (1845)
"When that account was first sent to this journal, I conceived our new plant to
be the calamintha grandiflora of Moench (Melissa grandiflora, Linn. ..."
2. Plant Life of Alabama: An Account of the Distribution, Modes of Association by Charles Mohr (1901)
"calamintha grandiflora Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 2 :414. 1814. CAROLINA THYME.
Louisianian area. South Carolina to Florida, west to Mississippi. Ell. Sk. 2:93. ..."