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Definition of Lemon balm
1. Noun. Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America.
Generic synonyms: Herb, Herbaceous Plant
Group relationships: Genus Melissa, Melissa
2. Noun. Lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches.
Group relationships: Bee Balm, Beebalm, Garden Balm, Melissa Officinalis, Sweet Balm
Definition of Lemon balm
1. Noun. a perennial herb, ''Melissa officinalis'', of southern Europe; used as a flavouring in ice cream etc ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lemon Balm
Literary usage of Lemon balm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organic materia medica: Including the Standard Remedies of the Leading by Parke, Davis & Company (1888)
"lemon balm, USP, compressed in ounce packages for retailing 'PREPARATION.
Fluid Extract lemon balm.—Miscible with water without material purposes. ..."
2. The Practical Hotel Steward by John Tellman (1913)
"CHARTREUSE GREEN is made from cinnamon, mace, lemon balm, dried hyssop flower
... BENEDICTINE is from cloves, nutmegs, cinnamon, lemon-balm, peppermint, ..."
3. The Cook's Own Book and Housekeeper's Register: Being Receipts for Cooking by N. K. M. Lee, Mrs N K M Lee (1842)
"... carefully skimmed and boiled till nearly reduced to ten gallons ; two pounds
and a half of the yellow flower of lemon balm being put into a cask, ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention (1909)
"He had at the time of writing growing finely the following plants : Tansy,
wormwood, rue, marshmallow, lemon balm, hyssop, southernwood, mugwort, ..."
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