melissa
See also: Melissa and Mélissa
English
Etymology
The lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), one type of melissa plant
From Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”), because the plant attracts bees.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /məˈlɪsə/
- Hyphenation: mel‧is‧sa
Noun
melissa (plural melissas)
- A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
- 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], “Alternatiues, Hearbes, Other Creatures, &c.”, in The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, partition 2, section 4, member 1, subsection 3, page 300:
- Meliſſa, Bawme, hath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bee it ſteeped in our ordinary drinke, extracted, or otherwise taken.
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Synonyms
- dropsywort
- honey plant (one sense)
Translations
plant of genus Melissa
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Anagrams
- Maisels, Salemis, aimless, mesails, samiels, seismal
Finnish
Noun
melissa
- melissa (plant of the genus Melissa)
Declension
| Inflection of melissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | melissa | melissat | |
| genitive | melissan | melissojen | |
| partitive | melissaa | melissoja | |
| illative | melissaan | melissoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | melissa | melissat | |
| accusative | nom. | melissa | melissat |
| gen. | melissan | ||
| genitive | melissan | melissojen melissainrare | |
| partitive | melissaa | melissoja | |
| inessive | melissassa | melissoissa | |
| elative | melissasta | melissoista | |
| illative | melissaan | melissoihin | |
| adessive | melissalla | melissoilla | |
| ablative | melissalta | melissoilta | |
| allative | melissalle | melissoille | |
| essive | melissana | melissoina | |
| translative | melissaksi | melissoiksi | |
| instructive | — | melissoin | |
| abessive | melissatta | melissoitta | |
| comitative | — | melissoineen | |
Compounds
- sitruunamelissa
Anagrams
- melassi
Italian
Noun
melissa f (plural melisse)
- lemon balm
Anagrams
- limasse, messali