Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of erect herbs of the order Labiatæ, the mint family, belonging to the tribe Stachydeæ and subtribe Melitteaelig;, and characterized by the broad and five-toothed calyx, long-exserted ample corolla-tube, parallel anther-cells, and two-flowered spiked verticillasters.
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- noun any of various plants of the genus Physostegia having sessile linear to oblong leaves and showy white or rose or lavender flowers
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Examples
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If something is a mint relative, you should check whether it is invasive in moist soil, as are bee balm and physostegia, though not all share this trait.
Oregano, basil and other members of the mint family dominate the herb garden Barbara Damrosch 2010
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I saved seeds from physostegia ‘Miss Manners’ and they look good, but I bagged the double cosmos seeds before they were dry and mold got to them.
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If something is a mint relative, you should check whether it is invasive in moist soil, as are bee balm and physostegia, though not all share this trait.
Oregano, basil and other members of the mint family dominate the herb garden 2010
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If something is a mint relative, you should check whether it is invasive in moist soil, as are bee balm and physostegia, though not all share this trait.
Oregano, basil and other members of the mint family dominate the herb garden 2010
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I planted in their work-yard, overgrown with briar and lilac, two outlandish plants which seemed to me to fulfil the required conditions of suppleness of texture, namely, the ailantus, a native of Japan, and the Virginian physostegia.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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Events justified the selection: both Bees exploited the foreign flora with the same assiduity as the local flora, passing from the lilac to the ailantus, from the briar to the physostegia, leaving the one, going back to the other, without drawing distinctions between the known and the unknown.
Bramble-Bees and Others Jean-Henri Fabre 1869
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• Dividing perennials: Divide existing clumps of fall-blooming perennials, such as chrysanthemums, autumn asters, Mexican marigold mint, and physostegia (obedient plant).
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• Dividing perennials: Divide existing clumps of fall-blooming perennials, such as chrysanthemums, autumn asters, Mexican marigold mint, and physostegia (obedient plant).
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• Dividing perennials: Divide existing clumps of fall-blooming perennials, such as chrysanthemums, autumn asters, Mexican marigold mint, and physostegia (obedient plant).
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• Dividing perennials: Divide existing clumps of fall-blooming perennials, such as chrysanthemums, autumn asters, Mexican marigold mint, and physostegia (obedient plant).
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