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melrose¹

noun

  1. uncountable honey of roses, a mixture formerly used in gargles and lotions

Melrose²

Where it comes from

From Scottish Gaelic maol (“bare, barren”) + ros (“promontory, headland”).

proper noun Melroses

  1. countable, uncountable A small town in the Scottish Borders council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NT5434).
  2. countable, uncountable A small town in South Australia.
  3. countable, uncountable A rural community of the City of Devonport and Kentish council area, northern Tasmania, Australia.
  4. countable, uncountable A suburb of Wellington, Wellington region, New Zealand.
  5. countable, uncountable A suburb of Johannesburg, South Africa.
  6. countable, uncountable A community in Hastings County, Ontario.
  7. countable, uncountable A community in Middlesex County, Ontario.
  8. countable, uncountable A small community in Nova Scotia.
  9. countable, uncountable A settlement in Westmorland County, New Brunswick.
  10. countable, uncountable A settlement in Newfoundland and Labrador.
  11. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Oakland, California.
  12. countable, uncountable A village in East Windsor, Connecticut.
  13. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Alachua County, Bradford County, Clay County and Putnam County, Florida.
  14. countable, uncountable A small community in Monroe County, Iowa.
  15. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Natchitoches Parish, Louisiana.
  16. countable, uncountable An unincorporated community in Carroll County, Maryland.
  17. countable, uncountable A city in Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Newton joins Brookline and a dozen other towns that have adopted similar bans, including Belchertown, Chelsea, Concord, Malden, Manchester-by-the-Sea, Melrose, Needham, Pelham, Reading, Stoneham, Wakefield, and Winchester, according to the state Department of Public Health.
  18. countable, uncountable A city in Stearns County, Minnesota.
  19. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of Sayreville borough, New Jersey.
  20. countable, uncountable A village in Curry County, New Mexico.
  21. countable, uncountable A hamlet in Schaghticoke, Rensselaer County, New York.
  22. countable, uncountable A neighbourhood of the Bronx, New York City.
  23. countable, uncountable A village in Paulding County, Ohio.
  24. countable, uncountable A census-designated place in Douglas County, Oregon.
  25. countable, uncountable A village and town in Jackson County, Wisconsin.
  26. countable, uncountable A habitational surname from Scottish Gaelic.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: abbey, apothecary rose, rose-mallow, marsh rosemary, ambrose, rose mallow, rosarium, apple rose, moss rose, rosemallow, sweet maudlin, roseberry, angel water, honey lotus, roselet, bark mixture

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"melrose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/melrose. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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Chicago

"melrose." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/melrose.

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@misc{melrose_2026,
  title = {melrose},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/melrose},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}