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Mel"a*phyre (?), n. [F., fr. Gr.
me`las, -anos, black + porphyre
porphyry.] (Min.) Any one of several dark-colored
augitic, eruptive rocks allied to basalt.

||Me*las"ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;
black spot.] (Med.) A dark discoloration of the skin,
usually local; as, Addison's melasma, or Addison's
disease. -- Me*las"mic (#), a.

Me*las"ses (?), n. See
Molasses.

Me*las"sic (?), a. [See
Molasses.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating,
an acid obtained from molasses or glucose, and probably identical
with saccharic acid. See Saccharic.

||Me*las"to*ma (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
me`las black + sto`ma mouth.] (Bot.)
A genus of evergreen tropical shrubs; -- so called from the
black berries of some species, which stain the mouth.

Mel`a*sto*ma"ceous (?), a.
(Bot.) Belonging to the order of which Melastoma is the
type.


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