MONARDA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does monarda mean? 

• MONARDA (noun)
  The noun MONARDA has 1 sense:

1. any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda

  Familiarity information: MONARDA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONARDA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various aromatic herbs of the genus Monarda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

monarda; wild bergamot

Hypernyms ("monarda" is a kind of...):

herb; herbaceous plant (a plant lacking a permanent woody stem; many are flowering garden plants or potherbs; some having medicinal properties; some are pests)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "monarda"):

bee balm; beebalm; bergamot mint; Monarda didyma; oswego tea (perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads)

horsemint; Monarda punctata (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)

bee balm; beebalm; Monarda fistulosa (perennial herb of North America)

horsemint; lemon mint; Monarda citriodora (an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico)

Monarda pectinata; plains lemon monarda (annual of southern United States)

basil balm; Monarda clinopodia (perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls)

Holonyms ("monarda" is a member of...):

genus Monarda (wild bergamot, horsemint, beebalm)