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
• Syn: ↑lemon balm, ↑garden balm, ↑bee balm, ↑beebalm, ↑Melissa officinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melissa, ↑genus Melissa
• Part Meronyms: ↑lemon balm
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noun1. : lemon balm
2. : a Canary Island mint (Cedronella triphylla) with ternate leaves
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n. see balm (sense 3)
Useful english dictionary. 2012.