Get the FREE one-click dictionary software for Windows
or the iPhone/iPad and Android apps
Noun: Melissa officinalis
  1. Bushy perennial Old World mint having small white or yellowish flowers and fragrant lemon-flavoured leaves
    "The Melissa officinalis grew into a dense mound of fragrant foliage";
    - lemon balm, garden balm, sweet balm, bee balm, beebalm

Type of: herb, herbaceous plant

Part of: genus Melissa, Melissa

Encyclopedia: Melissa officinalis