monarda didyma

1. 1.

   perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads

   Synonymsbee balmbeebalmbergamot mintoswego tea

   Broadermonarda

Questions about monarda didyma

What does monarda didyma mean?

monarda didyma means "perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads".

What is another word for monarda didyma?

Close synonyms include bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, oswego tea. 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 monarda didyma a common word?

monarda didyma 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.