field balm Meaning, Definition & Usage

1. noun 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
   ground ivy; runaway robin; Nepeta hederaceae; Glechoma hederaceae; alehoof; gill-over-the-ground.
   
2. noun low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
   Calamintha nepeta; Satureja nepeta; lesser calamint; Satureja calamintha glandulosa; Calamintha nepeta glantulosa.
   

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