horsemint | ||
1. | [ noun ] (botany) tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico | |
Synonyms: | Monarda_punctata | |
Related terms: | monarda | |
2. | [ noun ] (botany) an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico | |
Synonyms: | Monarda_citriodora lemon_mint | |
Related terms: | monarda | |
3. | [ noun ] (botany) a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States | |
Synonyms: | Mentha_longifolia | |
Related terms: | mint | |
Similar spelling: |
horseman horsemeat horsewoman Horsman horse_nettle hoarseness |