noun
1. 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: ↑garden balm, ↑sweet balm, ↑bee balm, ↑beebalm, ↑Melissa officinalis
• Hypernyms: ↑herb, ↑herbaceous plant
• Member Holonyms: ↑Melissa, ↑genus Melissa
2. lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches
• Hypernyms: ↑herb
• Part Holonyms: ↑garden balm, ↑sweet balm, ↑bee balm, ↑beebalm, ↑Melissa officinalis
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a ↑herb with leaves that taste of lemon
Useful english dictionary. 2012.