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Melissa_officinalis
Melissa officinalis
Translingual
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Melissa officinalis
Proper noun
- A taxonomic species within the family Lamiaceae – lemon balm.
Hypernyms
- (species): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, asterids, euasterids I - clades; Lamiales - order; Lamiaceae - family; Nepetoideae - Subfamily; Mentheae - tribe; Salviinae - subtribe; Melissa - genus
Hyponyms
- (species): See Melissa+officinalis at The Plant List