melissa

See also: Melissa and Mélissa

English

Etymology

From Late Latin melissa, from Ancient Greek μέλισσα (mélissa, “bee”) (because the plant attracted bees).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /məˈlɪsə/

Noun

melissa (plural melissas)

  1. A plant of the Melissa genus, especially lemon balm, often used medicinally.
    • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], 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, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):
      , II.4.1.iii:
      Melissa, Bawm, hath an admirable vertue to alter melancholy, be it steeped in our ordinary drink, extracted, or otherwise taken.

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Finnish

Noun

melissa

  1. 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

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Italian

Noun

melissa f (plural melisse)

  1. lemon balm

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