Noun: lemon balm le-mun baam
- Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavoured leaves
"The lemon balm grew into a dense mound of fragrant foliage";
- garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, beebalm, Melissa officinalis
- Lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches
"They brewed a soothing lemon balm tea to aid digestion"
Derived forms: lemon balms
Type of: herb, herbaceous plant
Part of: genus Melissa, Melissa
Encyclopedia: Lemon balm