Usually means: A name meaning "honeybee."
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General (17 matching dictionaries)
  1. Melissa: Vocabulary.com
  2. Melissa, melissa: Wordnik
  3. melissa: Wiktionary
  4. Melissa: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  5. Melissa: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. melissa: Dictionary.com
  7. Melissa: Online Etymology Dictionary
  8. MELiSSA, Melissa (FKA twigs EP), Melissa (Melissa Manchester album), Melissa (Mercyful Fate album), Melissa (Porno Graffitti song), Melissa (Porno graffiti song), Melissa (Seinfeld), Melissa (TV series), Melissa (Wrestler), Melissa (computer virus), Melissa (computer worm), Melissa (disambiguation), Melissa (philosopher), Melissa (plant), Melissa (singer), Melissa (song), Melissa (sorceress), Melissa: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. Melissa: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. melissa: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  11. Melissa: Rhymezone
  12. Melissa: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  13. Melissa: E Cobham Brewer, The Reader's Handbook
  14. melissa: FreeDictionary.org
  15. melissa: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. Melissa: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. Melissa: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)

Art (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Melissa: Global Glossary
  2. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. melissa: Netlingo
  2. Melissa (computer worm), Melissa (name), melissa: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. melissa: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. MELISSA: Acronym Finder

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Melissa: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See melissas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Melissa)

noun:  A plant of the genus Melissa, especially lemon balm (Melissa officinalis), often used medicinally.
noun:  (Greek mythology) Bee-nymph in Greek mythology.
noun:  A female given name from Ancient Greek, popular in the latter half of the 20th century.

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