Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strong-scented labiate plant of the American genus Collinsonia, having large leaves and yellowish flowers.
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Only a few days since, while out on a drive, I passed a luxuriant clump of the plant known as "horse-balm."
My Studio Neighbors William Hamilton Gibson 1873
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