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FIELD BALM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
Synonyms:
Calamintha nepeta; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa; field balm; lesser calamint; Satureja calamintha glandulosa; Satureja nepeta
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("field balm" is a kind of...):
calamint (perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes placed in genus Nepeta
Synonyms:
alehoof; field balm; gill-over-the-ground; Glechoma hederaceae; ground ivy; Nepeta hederaceae; runaway robin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Hypernyms ("field balm" is a kind of...):
vine (a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface)
Holonyms ("field balm" is a member of...):
genus Glechoma; Glechoma (ground ivy)
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