noun
1. perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
• Syn: ↑bee balm, ↑beebalm, ↑oswego tea, ↑Monarda didyma
• Hypernyms: ↑monarda, ↑wild bergamot
2. mint with leaves having perfume like that of the bergamot orange
• Syn: ↑lemon mint, ↑eau de cologne mint, ↑Mentha citrata
• Hypernyms: ↑mint
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noun : a bergamot (Mentha citrata) with thick flower spikes and mostly ovate or elliptic obtuse leaves
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an aromatic herb, Mentha piperita citrata, having a lemonlike odor when crushed.
[1855-60]
Useful english dictionary. 2012.