Noun: oswego tea
- Perennial aromatic herb of eastern North America having variously coloured tubular flowers in dense showy heads
"The oswego tea's scarlet flower heads swayed in the summer breeze";
- bee balm, beebalm, bergamot mint, Monarda didyma
Derived forms: oswego teas
Type of: monarda, wild bergamot
Encyclopedia: Oswego tea