GENUS MELISSA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melissa mean? 

• GENUS MELISSA (noun)
  The noun GENUS MELISSA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae

  Familiarity information: GENUS MELISSA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MELISSA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

genus Melissa; Melissa

Hypernyms ("genus Melissa" is a kind of...):

asterid dicot genus (genus of more or less advanced dicotyledonous herbs and some trees and shrubs)

Meronyms (members of "genus Melissa"):

bee balm; beebalm; garden balm; lemon balm; Melissa officinalis; sweet balm (bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavored leaves; a garden escapee in northern Europe and North America)

Holonyms ("genus Melissa" is a member of...):

family Labiatae; family Lamiaceae; Labiatae; Lamiaceae; mint family (a 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; thyme; sage; rosemary)