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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The bee-balm, Melissa officinalis.
  • noun A plant of the genus
  • noun In Tasmania, a shrub, Cystanthe scoparia (Richea scoparia of Hooker), of the family Epacridaceæ, growing in the form of a very dense bush, one and a half feet high, and bearing small honey-scented flowers which vary in color from white to pink and orange.

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