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Definition of melick in English: melicknounˈmɛlɪk A grass with purplish florets, occurring in temperate woodland. Genus Melica, family Gramineae: many species Example sentencesExamples - Look for ancient woodland indicators including wild garlic, yellow archangel and wood melick, and away from the woodland you may well spot marsh and pyramidal orchids.
- The ground flora is dominated by dog's mercury, with sanicle, woodruff, wood melick and wild garlic.
- Locally rare plants found here are wood cranes-bill, wood meadow grass, large bittercress and wood melick, with globeflower abundant on the islands on the River Carron.
- There are many plant species typical of those found in ancient woodlands, such as yellow archangel, wood anemone and wood melick.
- The male fern and broad buckler fern are also common, with occasional tussocks of wood melick.
Origin Late 18th century: from modern Latin melica, perhaps from Italian melica 'sorghum'. Rhymes angelic, archangelic, evangelic, melic, philatelic, psychedelic, relic |