noun
a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae
• Syn: ↑genus Melissa
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Labiatae, ↑family Labiatae, ↑Lamiaceae, ↑family Lamiaceae, ↑mint family
• Member Meronyms: ↑lemon balm, ↑garden balm, ↑sweet balm, ↑bee balm, ↑beebalm, ↑Melissa officinalis
Useful english dictionary. 2012.