field balm

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsground ivyalehoofgill-over-the-groundrunaway robinGlechoma hederaceaeNepeta hederaceae

   Broadervine

   Part ofGlechoma
2. 2.

   low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States

   Synonymslesser calamintCalamintha nepetaCalamintha nepeta glantulosaSatureja nepetaSatureja calamintha glandulosa

   Broadercalamint

Questions about field balm

What does field balm mean?

field balm means "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". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for field balm?

Close synonyms include ground ivy, alehoof, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is field balm a common word?

field balm is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.