melissa
English
Etymology
From Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”), because the plant attracts bees.
Pronunciation
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- 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, Oxfordshire: Printed by John Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, 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.
Synonyms
- dropsywort
- honey plant (one sense)
Translations
plant of genus Melissa
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Finnish
Noun
melissa
- melissa (plant of the genus Melissa)
Declension
Inflection of melissa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation) | ||||
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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 melissain rare | ||
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 | ||
abessive | melissatta | melissoitta | ||
instructive | — | melissoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Compounds
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Italian
Noun
melissa f (plural melisse)
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