Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aromatic perennial plant (Monarda didyma) native to eastern North America, having tubular scarlet flowers grouped in dense heads.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
tea .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Bot.) An American aromatic herb (
Monarda didyma ), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma) with bright redlabiate flowers .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[So called because its leaves and flowers are used to make tea.]
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Oswego (from an Iroquoian language) + tea.
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