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    WILD BERGAMOT

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monardaplay

    Synonyms:

    monarda; wild bergamot

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("wild bergamot" is a kind of...):

    herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "wild bergamot"):

    bee balm; beebalm; bergamot mint; Monarda didyma; oswego tea (perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads)

    horsemint; Monarda punctata (tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico)

    bee balm; beebalm; Monarda fistulosa (perennial herb of North America)

    horsemint; lemon mint; Monarda citriodora (an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico)

    Monarda pectinata; plains lemon monarda (annual of southern United States)

    basil balm; Monarda clinopodia (perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls)

    Holonyms ("wild bergamot" is a member of...):

    genus Monarda (wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm)

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