a. (Bot.) Pertaining to a natural order (
[ Gr. &unr_;, fr. &unr_; song. ] Of or pertaining to song; lyric; tuneful. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ L. meliceris a kind of tumor, fr. Gr. &unr_;;
(Bot.) A genus of grasses (
n. (Bot.) See Melocoton. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ Gr.
n. [ Gr.
n. [ F. mélilot, L. melilotus, fr. Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;, a kind of clover containing honey;
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 ]