Monarda

See also: monarda

Translingual

Etymology

After Nicolás Monardes, author of a 1560s-era book on New World botany.

Proper noun

Monarda f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lamiaceae – bee balm and other flowering plants native to North America.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Sphingidae – Monarda onyx, a moth of Mexico.

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References

plant
moth