a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (Meliacae) of plants of which the genus Melia is the type. It includes the mahogany and the Spanish cedar. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ }, a. [ From L. Meliboeus, one of the interlocutors in Virgil's first Eclogue. ] (Rhet.) Alternately responsive, as verses. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; song. ] Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. &unr_;; me`li honey + &unr_; wax. ] (Med.) Consisting of or containing matter like honey; -- said of certain encysted tumors. [ 1913 Webster ]

(Bot.) A genus of grasses (Melica) of little agricultural importance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Bot.) See Melocoton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. meli`kraton. ] A meadlike drink. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. me`li honey + -lite; cf. F. mélilithe. ] (Min.) A mineral occurring in small yellow crystals, found in the lavas (melilite basalt) of Vesuvius, and elsewhere. [ Written also mellilite. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of clover containing honey; me`li honey + &unr_; lotus. ] (Bot.) Any species of Melilotus, a genus of leguminous herbs having a vanillalike odor; sweet clover; hart's clover. The blue melilot (Melilotus caerulea) is used in Switzerland to give color and flavor to sapsago cheese. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Chem.) Of, pertaining to, or obtained from, sweet clover or melilot; specifically, designating an acid of the aromatic series, obtained from melilot as a white crystalline substance. [ 1913 Webster ]