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/məˈlɪsə/ · noun
A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally..
Meliſſa, Bawme, hath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bee it ſteeped in our ordinary drinke, extracted, or otherwise taken.
Use melissa when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Melissa means A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally..
Common synonyms include dropsywort, honey plant, genus melissa.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Meliſſa, Bawme, hath an excellent vertue to alter Melancholy, bee it ſteeped in our ordinary drinke, extracted, or otherwise taken.
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