melic

Meanings

Adjective

• Of or pertaining to Greek lyric verse.

Noun

• Any of various grasses, of the genus Melica (genus), from north temperate regions.

Origin

• From Latin melicus, from Koine Greek μελικός, from Ancient Greek μέλος ("song, lyric").
• From Translingual Melica (genus name), probably from Italian melica, meliga.