field balm
n 1: trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having
rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in
hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes
placed in genus Nepeta [syn: ground ivy, alehoof, gill-over-the-ground,
runaway robin, Glechoma hederaceae, Nepeta
hederaceae]
2: low-growing strongly aromatic perennial herb of southern
Europe to GB naturalized in United States [syn: lesser
calamint, Calamintha nepeta, Calamintha nepeta
glantulosa, Satureja nepeta, Satureja calamintha
glandulosa]