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Definition of Garden balm
1. Noun. Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America.
Terms within: Lemon Balm
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Melissa, Melissa
Lexicographical Neighbors of Garden Balm
Literary usage of Garden balm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"CBP garden balm. 2. ... garden balm, with yellow variegated Leaves. 3. MELISSA
Romana, mollit er ..."
2. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"He goes on to describe it as follows: "The garden balm hath divers square blackish
green stalks and round, hard, dark, green pointed leaves growing thereon ..."
3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"CBP garden balm. 2. ... garden balm, with yellow variegated Leaves. 3. MELISSA
Romana, mollit er ..."
4. The Shakespeare Garden by Esther Singleton (1922)
"He goes on to describe it as follows: "The garden balm hath divers square blackish
green stalks and round, hard, dark, green pointed leaves growing thereon ..."
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