melissan.

Brit.

/mᵻˈlɪsə/, U.S.

/məˈlɪsə/

Forms: Middle English– melissa, late Middle English melice, late Middle English mellissa, 1500s melisse.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melissa.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin melissa (from a1250 in British sources; in scientific Latin adopted by J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 193) < ancient Greek (non-Attic) μέλισσα bee (compare ancient Greek (Attic) μέλιττα : see mell n.²), so called in allusion to its attractiveness to bees, probably after Hellenistic Greek μελισσόϕυλλον in the same sense ( > classical Latin melissophyllum : see melliphill n.). Compare Old French melise (c1256), melisse (13th cent.), mellissa (1314), Middle French melice (1353), mellisse (c1500), Middle French, French mélisse (c1500), German Melisse (c1500).

A plant of the genus Melissa (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), esp. lemon balm, M. officinalis, chiefly as used medicinally; an extract of this herb. Also (in form Melissa): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 592.

ΘΚΠ

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a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 Melissa,..medewort.]

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 27 Adde to a litel of melissa [?c1425 Paris mellissa, i. bawme]..& safroun.

1526 Grete Herball ccxci. sig. Qv^v/2 Melisse is an herbe hote and drye in y^e seconde degre.

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.i^v The Baume that we haue in Englande here is not the ryghte Melissophyllon, but it groweth in Germany in many gardines, and hath a greate deell better smell then thys common Melissa hath.

1650 J. French tr. G. Dorn Chymicall Dict. in tr. M. Sędziwój New Light of Alchymie Melissa is in Alchymie taken for Manna extracted out of the best hearbs.

1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2034/1 Melissa, baum, in botany, a genus of the didynamia gymnospermia class of plants, with a monopetalous ringent flower.

1881 D. F. Lincoln tr. A. Trousseau & H. Pidoux Treat. Therapeutics III. 198 Melissa is proclaimed as one of the best exhilarants.

1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal (1967) II. 831/1 The uses of Lemon Verbena are similar to those of mint, orange flowers, or melissa, as a stomachic and antispasmodic.

1988 R. Mabey Compl. New Herbal 151 The essential oil from the lemon balm plant is generally known to aromatherapists as melissa.

1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) v. 64 Melissa is wonderfully soothing for the nerves, dispelling depression and melancholy.

Compounds

melissa oil n. a volatile oil obtained from lemon balm.

ΚΠ

1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii. at Melissa Melissa-oil.

1958 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 24) 630 Melissa Oil... A yellow oil with an odour and taste resembling lemon... It has been used as a diaphoretic.

1988 Natural Choice i. 26/3 Melissa oil is another wonderful relaxant.

melissa water n. an infusion in water of the leaves of lemon balm.

ΚΠ

1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon i. xxiii. sig. ciii/2 It may be done..by the smell as these waters folowyng, rose water water of myntes, melisse, may flowre water [etc.].

1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 10/2 Liquefye the Suger in Melisse water.

1815 J. T. H. Des Carrières Chambaud's New Dict. Eng. & French (new ed.) I. at Melissa Melissa-water, Eau de Metisse, Eau des Cannes.

1918 J. Joyce Exiles iii. 151 Then she drank some melissa water from a little bottle which she had in her satchel.

1993 L. Earle Natural Beauty iii. 67 Melissa oil was an important ingredient in the famous Melissa Water, one of the first commercial perfumes made in medieval times by Carmelite monks in Italy.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	melissa
释义	melissan. Brit. /mᵻˈlɪsə/, U.S. /məˈlɪsə/ Forms: Middle English– melissa, late Middle English melice, late Middle English mellissa, 1500s melisse. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin melissa. Etymology: < post-classical Latin melissa (from a1250 in British sources; in scientific Latin adopted by J. Pitton de Tournefort Inst. Rei Herbariæ (1700) I. 193) < ancient Greek (non-Attic) μέλισσα bee (compare ancient Greek (Attic) μέλιττα : see mell n.²), so called in allusion to its attractiveness to bees, probably after Hellenistic Greek μελισσόϕυλλον in the same sense ( > classical Latin melissophyllum : see melliphill n.). Compare Old French melise (c1256), melisse (13th cent.), mellissa (1314), Middle French melice (1353), mellisse (c1500), Middle French, French mélisse (c1500), German Melisse (c1500). A plant of the genus Melissa (family Lamiaceae ( Labiatae)), esp. lemon balm, M. officinalis, chiefly as used medicinally; an extract of this herb. Also (in form Melissa): the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 592. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular medicinal plants or parts > [noun] > balm plants melissa?a1425 balmc1440 melliphill1595 the world > health and disease > healing > medicines or physic > medical preparations of specific origin > medicine composed of a plant > [noun] > plant used in medicine > specific plant hyssopc1000 sionc1000 tunhoofc1000 poppyOE camomilea1300 orobusa1398 tithymala1400 tutsana1400 Thapsiac1400 melissa?a1425 hallelujahc1425 turmeric1538 succory1541 balin1546 English treacle1548 treacle mustard1548 rhabarb1558 Thlaspi1562 treacle clover1562 holy herb1567 lungwort1578 solanum1578 lightwort1587 neezing wort1591 Alexander's Foot1597 burst-wort1597 symphonia1597 wound-herb1597 leper's herb1600 all bones1633 schoenanth1633 nip1651 wound-shrub1659 hermodact1678 jusquiam1727 Algerian tea1728 Australian tea1728 strongback1739 silphium1753 belladonna1788 foxglove1801 ledum1822 yercum1826 lungs of oak1856 strong man's weed1864 conium1866 short-long1871 fever grass1875 a1400 J. Mirfield Sinonoma Bartholomei (1882) 29 Melissa,..medewort.] ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 27 Adde to a litel of melissa [?c1425 Paris mellissa, i. bawme]..& safroun. 1526 Grete Herball ccxci. sig. Qv^v/2 Melisse is an herbe hote and drye in y^e seconde degre. 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. B.i^v The Baume that we haue in Englande here is not the ryghte Melissophyllon, but it groweth in Germany in many gardines, and hath a greate deell better smell then thys common Melissa hath. 1650 J. French tr. G. Dorn Chymicall Dict. in tr. M. Sędziwój New Light of Alchymie Melissa is in Alchymie taken for Manna extracted out of the best hearbs. 1754 New & Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. III. 2034/1 Melissa, baum, in botany, a genus of the didynamia gymnospermia class of plants, with a monopetalous ringent flower. 1881 D. F. Lincoln tr. A. Trousseau & H. Pidoux Treat. Therapeutics III. 198 Melissa is proclaimed as one of the best exhilarants. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal (1967) II. 831/1 The uses of Lemon Verbena are similar to those of mint, orange flowers, or melissa, as a stomachic and antispasmodic. 1988 R. Mabey Compl. New Herbal 151 The essential oil from the lemon balm plant is generally known to aromatherapists as melissa. 1996 D. W. Brown Aromatherapy (Teach Yourself Ser.) v. 64 Melissa is wonderfully soothing for the nerves, dispelling depression and melancholy. Compounds melissa oil n. a volatile oil obtained from lemon balm. ΚΠ 1885 Cassell's Encycl. Dict. IV. ii. at Melissa Melissa-oil. 1958 Martindale's Extra Pharmacopoeia (ed. 24) 630 Melissa Oil... A yellow oil with an odour and taste resembling lemon... It has been used as a diaphoretic. 1988 Natural Choice i. 26/3 Melissa oil is another wonderful relaxant. melissa water n. an infusion in water of the leaves of lemon balm. ΚΠ 1527 L. Andrewe tr. H. Brunschwig Vertuose Boke Distyllacyon i. xxiii. sig. ciii/2 It may be done..by the smell as these waters folowyng, rose water water of myntes, melisse, may flowre water [etc.]. 1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 10/2 Liquefye the Suger in Melisse water. 1815 J. T. H. Des Carrières Chambaud's New Dict. Eng. & French (new ed.) I. at Melissa Melissa-water, Eau de Metisse, Eau des Cannes. 1918 J. Joyce Exiles iii. 151 Then she drank some melissa water from a little bottle which she had in her satchel. 1993 L. Earle Natural Beauty iii. 67 Melissa oil was an important ingredient in the famous Melissa Water, one of the first commercial perfumes made in medieval times by Carmelite monks in Italy. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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