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n. A plant of the Melissa genus, especially lemon balm, often used medicinally.

n. A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm (Melissa officinalis).

n. A genus of plants of the natural order Labiatæ, the tribe Satureineæ, and the subtribe Melisseæ.

n. In zoology, same as Andrena.

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

"The story is a fable taking place in a beehive (melissa is Greek for honey bee) which, as Kipling authority John McGivering, co-author of A Kipling Dictionary (London: Macmillan, 1967), states, "preaches the need for steadfast disciplined defense against false 'progressive' ideas which endanger the very existence of the realm.""

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Alyssa    Clarissa    Disa    Issa    Lissa    Marisa    Marissa    Nyssa   

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