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melissas

melissas is the plural of melissa.

Meaning of melissa

Noun

melissa (plural melissas)

  1. A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
    • Meliſſa, Bawme, hath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bee it ſteeped in our ordinary drinke, extracted, or otherwise taken.1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Alternatiues, Hearbes, Other Creatures, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James...
    Synonyms:
    dropsywort, honey plant

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Questions about melissas

What is melissas the plural of?
Melissas is the plural of melissa.

Words near melissas in the dictionary

  1. melismatically
  2. melismatics
  3. melisms
  4. meliss-
  5. melissa
  6. melissas
  7. melissate
  8. melissates
  9. melissene
  10. melissic
  11. melissic acid

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