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melilot

UK/ˈmɛlɪlɒt/

melilot noun: a fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.

melilot: a fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers
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Noun

melilot (countable and uncountable, plural melilots)

  1. A fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
    • Melilot boiled in wine and applied mollifies all hard tumours and inflammations that happen in the eyes or other parts of the body, as the fundament or privy parts of man or woman.1653, Nicholas Culpeper, The English Physician Enlarged, Folio Society, published 2007, page 187
    Synonyms:
    sweet clover

Synonyms of melilot

Forms of melilot

pluralmelilots

Origin of melilot

From Latin melilōtos, from Ancient Greek μελίλωτος (melílōtos), from μέλι (méli, “honey”) + λωτός (lōtós, “lotus”); later reinforced by Old French mellilote.

Words formed from melilot

Questions about melilot

What does melilot mean?
Melilot means a fragrant plant of the genus Melilotus, often having small yellow or white flowers.
What part of speech is melilot?
Melilot is a noun.
How do you pronounce melilot?
Melilot is pronounced /ˈmɛlɪlɒt/ (UK).
What is the plural of melilot?
The plural of melilot is melilots.

Words near melilot in the dictionary

  1. Melilla
  2. Melillan
  3. Melillans
  4. Melillo
  5. Melillos
  6. melilot
  7. melilotate
  8. melilotates
  9. melilotic acid
  10. melilots
  11. Melin

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