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• balm of Gilead (noun)
  1. medium-sized fir of northeastern North America; leaves smell of balsam when crushed; much used for pulpwood and Christmas trees
  2. a fragrant oleoresin
• balm of gilead (noun)
  1. small evergreen tree of Africa and Asia; leaves have a strong aromatic odour when bruised
• basil balm (noun)
  1. New York to Illinois and mountains of Alaska perennial herb of North America having aromatic leaves and clusters of yellowish-pink balls
  2. fragrant European mint having clusters of small violet-and-white flowers; naturalized especially in eastern North America
• field balm (noun)
  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
  2. low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
• garden balm (noun)
  1. bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavoured leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
• horse balm (noun)
  1. erect perennial strong-scented with serrate pointed leaves and a loose panicle of yellowish flowers; the eastern United States
• lemon balm (noun)
  1. bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavoured leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
  2. lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches
• lip balm (noun)
  1. a substance used to protect dry lips
• molucca balm (noun)
  1. aromatic annual with a tall stems of small whitish flowers enclosed in a greatly enlarged saucer-shaped or bell-shaped calyx
• sweet balm (noun)
  1. bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavoured leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America
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