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MELISSA OCCIDENTALIS

\məlˈɪsəɹ ˌɒksɪdˈɛntˈɑːliz], \məlˈɪsəɹ ˌɒksɪdˈɛntˈɑːliz], \m_ə_l_ˈɪ_s_ə_ɹ ˌɒ_k_s_ɪ_d_ˈɛ_n_t_ˈɑː_l_i_z]\

Definitions of MELISSA OCCIDENTALIS

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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Balm. It was probably the Gr., melissophyllon of Dioscorides. The leaves and tops, the m. of the U. S. Ph., 1890, are used as a doaphoretic. [Gr.]

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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