Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A strong-scented labiate plant of the American genus Collinsonia, having large leaves and yellowish flowers.

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  • Only a few days since, while out on a drive, I passed a luxuriant clump of the plant known as "horse-balm."

    My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873

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