HyperDic: genus_melissa

English > 1 sense of the expression genus Melissa:
NOUNplantgenus Melissa, Melissaa genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
English > genus Melissa: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningA genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae.
SynonymMelissa
Member ofLabiatae, family Labiatae, Lamiaceae, family Lamiaceae, mint familyA 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
Memberslemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, beebalm, Melissa officinalisbushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves
Broaderasterid dicot genusgenus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs
Spanishgenus melissa, melissa
Catalangenus melissa, melissa, Melissa, melisse

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