Melissa

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Melissa \Me*lis"sa\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. me`lissa a bee, honey.]
     (Bot.)
     A genus of labiate herbs, including the balm, or bee balm
     ({Melissa officinalis}).
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Melissa
       n : a genus of Old World mints of the family Labiatae [syn: {genus
           Melissa}]

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Melissa, TX (city, FIPS 47496)
    Location: 33.28261 N, 96.57719 W
    Population (1990): 557 (250 housing units)
    Area: 4.2 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 75454

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Melissa, TX -- U.S. city in Texas
     Population (2000):    1350
     Housing Units (2000): 501
     Land area (2000):     4.585624 sq. miles (11.876710 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    4.585624 sq. miles (11.876710 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            47496
     Located within:       Texas (TX), FIPS 48
     Location:             33.283534 N, 96.571851 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     75454
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Melissa, TX
      Melissa