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Oswego tea definition

☆ Os·wego tea (äs wē′gō)

  1. a North American mint (Monarda didyma) with dense terminal heads of brilliant-red flowers
  2. the tea brewed from its leaves

Etymology: after the Oswego River, in New York

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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