horse balm

1. 1.

   erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States

   Synonymshorseweedstonerootstone-rootrichweedstone rootCollinsonia canadensis

   Broaderherb

   Part ofCollinsonia

Questions about horse balm

What does horse balm mean?

horse balm means "erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States".

What is another word for horse balm?

Close synonyms include horseweed, stoneroot, stone-root, richweed, stone root. 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 horse balm a common word?

horse balm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.