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melissic

melissic adjective: related to beewax.

Adjective

melissic (not comparable)

  1. Related to beewax.

Origin of melissic

From Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee, honey”). By surface analysis, meliss- + -ic.

Words formed from melissic

Questions about melissic

What does melissic mean?
Melissic means related to beewax.
What part of speech is melissic?
Melissic is an adjective.

Words near melissic in the dictionary

  1. melissa
  2. melissas
  3. melissate
  4. melissates
  5. melissene
  6. melissic
  7. melissic acid
  8. melisso-
  9. melissopalynological
  10. melissopalynologist
  11. melissopalynologists

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