The corpus record — Latin

melisphyllum

melisphyllum · n

balm-gentle, balm

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Where it lives

Georgicon 1 · 0.71/10k
Res Rustica, Books I-IX 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

mĕlisphyllum — Lewis & Short

mĕlisphyllum and mĕlisso-phyllon, i, n., = meli/fullon and melisso/fullon (honey-leaf, bee-leaf), an herb of which bees are fond,

I balm-gentle, balm (also called apiastrum): trita melis phylla, et cerinthae ignobile gramen, Verg. G. 4, 63; Plin. 20, 11, 45, § 116; 21, 20, 86, § 149.

In the wild

melisphylla Columella, Res Rustica, Books I-IX 9.8.13
melisphylla Vergil, Georgicon 4.63

Where it came from

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