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oswego tea

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.86 in modern English

Syllables
os-we-go tea
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma) with bright red labiate flowers; also called bee balm or bergamot.

Uncountable

Etymology

Oswego (from an Iroquoian language) + tea.

Usage

Inflected Forms

Oswego teas (plural)

Synonyms

bee balm beebalm bergamot mint monarda didyma

Questions

What does oswego tea mean?
An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma) with bright red labiate flowers; also called bee balm or bergamot.
Where does oswego tea come from?
Oswego (from an Iroquoian language) + tea.

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