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    MELISSA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiataeplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Melissa; Melissa

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting plants

    Hypernyms ("Melissa" is a kind of...):

    asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

    Meronyms (members of "Melissa"):

    bee balm; beebalm; garden balm; lemon balm; Melissa officinalis; sweet balm (bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America)

    Holonyms ("Melissa" is a member of...):

    family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a large family of aromatic herbs and shrubs having flowers resembling the lips of a mouth and four-lobed ovaries yielding four one-seeded nutlets and including mint; thyme; sage; rosemary)

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