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Definition of Monarda didyma

1. Noun. Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously colored tubular flowers in dense showy heads.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Monarda Didyma

Literary usage of Monarda didyma

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Illustrated Flora of the Northern United States: Canada and the British by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Addison Brown (1898)
"Monarda didyma L. Sp. PI. 22. 1753. Perennial; stem stout, simple or branched, villous pubescent, at least at the nodes, or gla- brate, 2°-з° high. ..."

2. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"In the Vienna Botanic Gardens the bluish-violet flowers of Monarda fistulosa and the scarlet Monarda didyma stand side by side with the blue flowers of the ..."

3. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"Schimmel & Co. describe two oils distilled during the past summer from different parts of Monarda didyma, L.—the one exclusively from the half-faded flowers ..."

4. American Druggist (1888)
"We can state that we have ascertained, upon inquiry made among dealers in crude drugs, that it is customary to designate the Monarda didyma as "Mountain ..."

5. How to Make a Flower Garden: A Manual of Practical Information and Suggestions by Wilhelm Miller (1903)
"Balm, Fragrant, Monarda didyma. Cardinal Flower, Lobelia cardinalis. Funkia spp. Iris Icn'igata. Ranunculus aquaticus. Six perennials that re-sow ..."

6. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1905)
"Schimmel & Co. have distilled the oil from Monarda didyma, L, ... These properties differ slightly from those of distillates of Monarda didyma described by ..."

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