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melleous, a.|ˈmɛlɪəs| [f. L. melle-us (see mellean) + -ous.] Of the nature of or resembling honey; containing honey.
1656Blount Glossogr., Melleous, of or like honey, sweet, yellow. 1657Tomlinson Renou's Disp. i. iv. xxxix. 317 Apiastrum or Melissophyllon, which is a melleous leaf. 1664Boyle Exp. Colours ii. vii. 145, I shall not Examine which of the Slow wayes may be best Employ'd, to free Wax from the Yellow Melleous parts. 1760J. Lee Introd. Bot. ii. xx. (1765) 116 A melleous Liquor. |