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Lemon balm

noun

Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America. Synonyms: bee balm, beebalm, garden balm, Melissa officinalis, sweet balm.

Lemony leaves used for a tisane or in soups or fruit punches.

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"Lemon balm" Quotes from Famous Books

... herbs may be made to serve another pleasing, an aesthetic purpose. Many of them may be used for ornament. A bouquet of the pale pink blossoms of thyme and the delicate flowers of marjoram, the fragrant sprigs of lemon balm mixed with the bright yellow umbels of sweet fennel, the finely divided leaves of rue and the long glassy ones of bergamot, is not only novel in appearance but in odor. In sweetness it excels even sweet peas ...

— Culinary Herbs: Their Cultivation Harvesting Curing and Uses • M. G. Kains