☆ any of a genus (Monarda) of North American plants of the mint family, with heads of showy flowers, usually red or purplish
Origin:
ME horsminte
See horsemint in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
A perennial, aromatic eastern North American plant (Monarda punctata) having opposite leaves and yellowish flowers with purple spots. Also called wild bergamot.
A Eurasian wild mint (Mentha longifolia), naturalized in the eastern United States and having long, opposite leaves and dense, spikelike elongated clusters of flowers.