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† melliphill Obs. rare—1. [app. ad. Gr. µελίϕυλλον, name of a plant, ? balm; lit. ‘honey-leaf’, f. µέλι honey + ϕύλλον leaf: cf. melisphylla (pl.) Virg. Georg. iv. 63.]
1595Chapman Ovid's Banq. Sence B 2 b, White and red Iessamines, Merry, Melliphill: Fayre Crown-imperiall, Emperor of Flowers [etc.]. |