monarda
noun
mo·nar·da
mə-ˈnär-də 
: any of a genus (Monarda) of coarse annual or perennial North American mints with a tubular calyx and whorls of showy flowers
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My monarda patch at home is mostly stems at this point.
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Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2021
The point here is everyone can enjoy the Leading Lady monarda.
—Norman Winter, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
Stop the presses and throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door.
—Norman Winter, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
The pollinator garden is 5 feet by 12 feet and now contains monarda (bee balm), crocosmia, delphinium, foxglove, lupine, phlox, columbine, stiff goldenrod, liatris, Black-eyed Susan, and butterfly weed.
—Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Apr. 2021
Other flower names belonged to botanists who described or grew them: monarda (from Nicolás Monardes, a 16th-century Spaniard who wrote about New World plants), forsythia (from William Forsyth, who tended George III’s gardens).
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
Among the perennials most often mentioned were ligularia, monarda, milkweed and Joe Pye weed.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
Try deer- and rabbit-resistant perennial flowers, including agastache, artemisia, lavender, monarda, ornamental oregano, Russian sage, salvia, and yarrow.
—Thad Orr, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
Given those considerations, go ahead and cut back lilies, daylilies, garden phlox, iris, geranium, monarda, daisies, coreopsis and any other plants that look bad.
—Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
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Tim Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 26 Sep. 2021
The point here is everyone can enjoy the Leading Lady monarda.
—Norman Winter, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
Stop the presses and throw all of your preconceived notions about the monarda or bee balm out the door.
—Norman Winter, Arkansas Online, 15 May 2021
The pollinator garden is 5 feet by 12 feet and now contains monarda (bee balm), crocosmia, delphinium, foxglove, lupine, phlox, columbine, stiff goldenrod, liatris, Black-eyed Susan, and butterfly weed.
—Judy Hake, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 17 Apr. 2021
Other flower names belonged to botanists who described or grew them: monarda (from Nicolás Monardes, a 16th-century Spaniard who wrote about New World plants), forsythia (from William Forsyth, who tended George III’s gardens).
—Richard Brookhiser, National Review, 26 Sep. 2019
Among the perennials most often mentioned were ligularia, monarda, milkweed and Joe Pye weed.
—Bonnie Blodgett, Twin Cities, 3 Aug. 2019
Try deer- and rabbit-resistant perennial flowers, including agastache, artemisia, lavender, monarda, ornamental oregano, Russian sage, salvia, and yarrow.
—Thad Orr, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
Given those considerations, go ahead and cut back lilies, daylilies, garden phlox, iris, geranium, monarda, daisies, coreopsis and any other plants that look bad.
—Jo Ellen Meyers Sharp, Indianapolis Star, 20 Oct. 2017
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monarda
noun
mo·nar·da
mə-ˈnärd-ə
1
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: a genus of coarse North American mints with whorls of showy flowers including one (M. punctata) that has been used as a carminative
2
: any plant of the genus Monarda
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