balm : Idioms & Phrases

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Balm cricket

  • (Zoöl.), the European cicada. Tennyson.
Webster 1913

Balm of Gilead

  • noun medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
    Canada balsam; balsam fir; Abies balsamea.
  • noun a fragrant oleoresin
  • noun small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odor when bruised
    Commiphora meccanensis.
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  • (Bot.), a small evergreen African and Asiatic tree of the terebinthine family (Balsamodendron Gileadense). Its leaves yield, when bruised, a strong aromatic scent; and from this tree is obtained the balm of Gilead of the shops, or balsam of Mecca. This has a yellowish or greenish color, a warm, bitterish, aromatic taste, and a fragrant smell. It is valued as an unguent and cosmetic by the Turks. The fragrant herb Dracocephalum Canariense is familiarly called balm of Gilead, and so are the American trees, Populus balsamifera, variety candicans (balsam poplar), and Abies balsamea (balsam fir).
Webster 1913

basil balm

  • noun perennial herb of North America (New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska) having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls
    Monarda clinopodia.
  • noun fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
    basil thyme; Satureja acinos; Acinos arvensis; mother of thyme.
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bee balm

  • noun perennial herb of North America
    Monarda fistulosa; beebalm.
  • noun perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads
    Monarda didyma; beebalm; oswego tea; bergamot mint.
  • noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
    lemon balm; bee balm; garden balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
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field balm

  • 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.
  • 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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garden balm

  • noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
    lemon balm; bee balm; garden balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
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Horse balm

  • noun erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
    horseweed; stone root; richweed; stone-root; stoneroot; Collinsonia canadensis.
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  • (Bot.), a strong-scented labiate plant (Collinsonia Canadensis), having large leaves and yellowish flowers.
Webster 1913

lemon balm

  • noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
    lemon balm; bee balm; garden balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
  • noun lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches
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lip balm

  • noun a balm applied to the lips
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molucca balm

  • noun aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
    bells of Ireland; Molucella laevis.
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sweet balm

  • noun bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
    lemon balm; bee balm; garden balm; Melissa officinalis; beebalm.
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