field balm


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Related to field balm: Glechoma hederacea, Yellow Woodsorrel
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Noun1.field balm - trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in hanging basketsfield balm - 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
alehoof, gill-over-the-ground, Glechoma hederaceae, ground ivy, Nepeta hederaceae, runaway robin
genus Glechoma, Glechoma - ground ivy
vine - a plant with a weak stem that derives support from climbing, twining, or creeping along a surface
2.field balm - low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern Europe to Great Britain; naturalized in United States
Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta glantulosa, lesser calamint, Satureja calamintha glandulosa, Satureja nepeta
calamint - perennial aromatic herbs growing in hedgerows or scrub or open woodlands from western Europe to central Asia and in North America
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