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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

OSWEGO TEA

OSWEGO TEA Os *we "go tea ". (Bot. )

 

Defn: An American aromatic herb (Monarda didyma ), with showy, bright red, labiate flowers.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

Oswego

Os we go |äsˈwēgō ɑsˈwiɡoʊ | an industrial port city in north central New York, on Lake Ontario and the Oswego River; pop. 17,351 (est. 2008 ).

 

Oswego tea

Os we go tea |äsˈwēgō ɑsˌwiɡoʊ ˈti | ▶noun see bergamot ( sense 3 ). ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after a river and town in the northern part of the state of New York.

 

Oxford Dictionary

Oswego

Os we go |äsˈwēgō ɑsˈwiɡoʊ | an industrial port city in north central New York, on Lake Ontario and the Oswego River; pop. 17,351 (est. 2008 ).

 

oswego tea

oswego tea |ɒˈzwiːgəʊ | ▶noun another term for sweet bergamot (see bergamot 1 ( sense 3 )). ORIGIN mid 18th cent.: named after a river and town in the northern part of the state of New York.