BALM

This article appears in Volume V03, Page 283 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

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BALM , a fragrant herb, Melissa officinalis, of the Deadnettle order (Labiatae) with opposite, ovate, crenulated leaves, which are wrinkled above, and small

white

or rose-spotted

flowers

FLOWERS, ARTIFICIAL

. It is a native of central and southern Europe; it is often grown in gardens and has become naturalized in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

of England and grows apparently wild as a

garden

GARDEN (from O. Fr. garden, mod. Fr. jardin; this, like our words " garth," a paddock attached to a building, and " yard," comes from a Teutonic word for an enclosure which appears in Gothic as gards and O. H. Ger. gart, cf. Dutch gaarde and Ger. .garten)

escape in North America. The name is from the

Greek

GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

j Xurra, the plant being visited by bees. Bastard Balm is an allied plant, Melittis Melissophyllum, a southern

European

EUROPEAN

species, found in the

south

SOUTH
SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

and south-west of England.

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