genus melissa

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   a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae

   SynonymsMelissa

   Broaderasterid dicot genus

   Part ofLabiatae

Questions about genus melissa

What does genus melissa mean?

genus melissa means "a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae".

What is another word for genus melissa?

Close synonyms include Melissa. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus melissa a common word?

genus melissa is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.