horsemint

(hôrsmint′)

noun

☆ 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
  1. A perennial, aromatic eastern North American plant (Monarda punctata) having opposite leaves and yellowish flowers with purple spots. Also called wild bergamot.
  2. A Eurasian wild mint (Mentha longifolia), naturalized in the eastern United States and having long, opposite leaves and dense, spikelike elongated clusters of flowers.
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