Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as garden-balm. See balm, 7.

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Examples

  • Packets sell for less than €5 each and also include violet artichokes, Canestrino tomatoes ( "The best!" says Eric Fiol) and aromatic herbs like balm-mint and five families of basil.

    Ten Great Weekend Getaways Lanie Goodman 2008

  • Ignorant of this repugnance, he prescribed a potion in which there was water of balm-mint, of an odor resembling citron.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • Ignorant of this repugnance, he prescribed a potion in which there was water of balm-mint, of an odor resembling citron.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • As soon as the patient took the first dose he became greatly agitated and much nauseated, and this did not cease until Wagner repressed the balm-mint.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • As soon as the patient took the first dose he became greatly agitated and much nauseated, and this did not cease until Wagner repressed the balm-mint.

    Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine 1896

  • She was restored and refreshed with balm-mint water, but it took some days to reconcile her to the rigid life.

    The Grey Wig: Stories and Novelettes Israel Zangwill 1895

  • At length Boche appeared with a pot of pansies and Madame Boche with a pot of mignonette; then came Madame Lerat with a balm-mint, the pot of which had dirtied her violet merino dress.

    L'Assommoir ��mile Zola 1871

  • From one point you will look over vineyards, and up to a mountain which appears a sample card of corn fields and green meadows, where the hay stands in cocks; from another you will only see the naked, metallic rocks with strange crags jutting forth from them, long and narrow as though they were broken statues or pillars; now you walk under poplar trees, through small meadows, where the balm-mint grows, as thoroughly Danish

    True Story of My Life 1840

  • In Economy Class the options could include a mix of green vegetables served with carrots and anise, meat casserole au roti sauce with mashed potatoes and saute vegetables, or chicken drumstick with curry sauce and coconut milk and marsala tea served with white rice and peas, along with balm-mint panna cotta with a raspberry sauce.

    TravelDailyNews.com 2009

  • From one point you will look over vineyards, and up to a mountain which appears a sample card of corn fields and green meadows, where the hay stands in cocks; from another you will only see the naked, metallic rocks with strange crags jutting forth from them, long and narrow as though they were broken statues or pillars; now you walk under poplar trees, through small meadows, where the balm-mint grows, as thoroughly Danish a production as though it were cut out of Zealand; now you stand under shelter of the rock, where cypresses and figs spring forth among vine leaves, and see a piece of Italy.

    The True Story of My Life Andersen, Hans Christian, 1805-1875 1847

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