horsemint meaning

horsemint as a noun

1. an annual horsemint of central and western United States and northern Mexico

   Synonyms: lemon mint, Monarda citriodora

   Type of: monarda

2. tall erect perennial or annual having lanceolate leaves and heads of purple-spotted creamy flowers; many subspecies grown from eastern to southwestern United States and in Mexico

   Synonyms: Monarda punctata

   Type of: monarda

3. a coarse Old World wild water mint having long leaves and spikelike clusters of flowers; naturalized in the eastern United States

   Synonyms: Mentha longifolia

   Type of: mint