melarosa, mellarosa (mel"aroza)

[ melasma (me-las'mä), n. [NL., the skin, local or general, usually dependent upon constitutional disorder; local pigmentary stains of the skin. The morbid proce is called melano path i a. Add is on's disease is known as suprarenal melasma.-2. [ cap.] In zoöl.: (a) A genus of melanian mollusks. Adams, 1858. (b) A genus of tenebrio nine beetles, based on M. lineatum of the Canaries. Wollaston, 1864. melasmic (me-las'mik), a. and n. [ II. n. Same as melasma , 1. mela est, n. An obsolete form of mola es . mela ic (me-las'ik), a . [F. mela e , mola es, +-ic.] Pertaining to or obtained from mola es: as, mela ic acid. Melas tom a (me-las'tō-mã), n. [NL. (Burmann, 1737), so called because the fruit of some species, when eaten, stains the lips black; are from 3- to 7-nerved, and showy purple or rose-colored flowers growing at the tips of the branches, either solitary or in clusters. About 44 species are known, natives of tropical and western Asia, Ocean i a, and the Seychelles. M. Malabathricum, a shrub common in India, is there known as Indian rhododendron. It is also called Malabar IMG:content-0441.png:[blocks in formation] A Middle English form of meall . A Middle English form of meal2 . [ mæl (= Icel. māl =Dan. male), speech, talk, conversation.] Discourse; conversation. O moul thou marrez a myry mele . Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), i. 23.