| 释义 |
Oswego tea in American English (ɑsˈwigoʊ) US 1. a North American mint (Monarda didyma) with dense terminal heads of brilliant-red flowers 2. the tea brewed from its leaves Word origin after the Oswego River, in New York Oswego tea in American Englishnouna North American plant, Monarda didyma, of the mint family, having a cluster of showy, bright-red tubular flowers Word origin [1745–55, Amer.]This word is first recorded in the period 1745–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: artistic, development, generalize, input, symmetrical |