'Monarda fistulosa' definitions:

Definition of 'Monarda fistulosa'

noun

Perennial herb of North America [syn: bee balm, beebalm, Monarda fistulosa]

From: GCIDE

beebalm \beebalm\, bee balm \bee balm\n.
1. a perennial herb (Monarda fistulosa) of North America. [WordNet 1.5]
2. a perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America (Monarda didyma) having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads.
Syn: bee balm, bergamot mint, oswego tea. [WordNet 1.5]
3. a bushy perennial Old World mint, Melissa officinalis, having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America.
Syn: lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, Melissa officinalis. [WordNet 1.5]

From: GCIDE

Bergamot \Ber"ga*mot\ (b[~e]r"g[.a]*m[o^]t), n. [F. bergamote, fr. It. bergamotta; prob. a corruption of Turk. beg arm[=u]di a lord's pear.]
1. (Bot.) (a) A tree of the Orange family (Citrus bergamia), having a roundish or pear-shaped fruit, from the rind of which an essential oil of delicious odor is extracted, much prized as a perfume. Also, the fruit. (b) A variety of mint (Mentha aquatica, var. glabrata). [1913 Webster]
2. The essence or perfume made from the fruit. [1913 Webster]
3. A variety of pear. --Johnson. [1913 Webster]
4. A variety of snuff perfumed with bergamot. [1913 Webster]
The better hand . . . gives the nose its bergamot. --Cowper. [1913 Webster]
5. A coarse tapestry, manufactured from flock of cotton or hemp, mixed with ox's or goat's hair; -- said to have been invented at Bergamo, Italy. Encyc. Brit. [1913 Webster]
Wild bergamot (Bot.), an American herb of the Mint family (Monarda fistulosa). [1913 Webster] [1913 Webster]