field balm

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field balm - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  field balm
      n 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 [syn: ground ivy, alehoof,
           field balm, gill-over-the-ground, runaway robin,
           Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta hederaceae]
      2: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
         Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States [syn:
         lesser calamint, field balm, Calamintha nepeta,
         Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja   calamintha glandulosa
         ]