Plant-Name Dictionary
Lemon balm — names in 28 European languages
Melissa officinalis
| Language | Common name(s) |
|---|---|
| Български Bulgarian | Маточина |
| Hrvatski Croatian | Melisa Matičnjak, Pčelinja metvica |
| Čeština Czech | meduňka lékařská |
| Dansk Danish | Citronmelisse Hjertensfryd |
| Nederlands Dutch | Citroenmelisse |
| English English | Lemon balm Balm, Bee Herb, Beebalm, common balm, Garden Balm, Lemonbalm, Melissa, sweet balm, Tea Balm |
| Eesti Estonian | Sidrunmeliss aedmeliss |
| Suomi Finnish | sitruunamelissa |
| Français French | mélisse officinale melisse, Melisse officinale, mélisse, Mélisse citronelle |
| Deutsch German | Zitronenmelisse Zitronen-Melisse |
| Ελληνικά Greek | Μελισσόχορτο |
| Magyar Hungarian | Citromfű orvosi citromfű |
| Italiano Italian | Melissa vera |
| Lietuvių Lithuanian | Vaistinė melisa |
| Polski Polish | Melisa lekarska |
| Português Portuguese | erva-cidreira chá-da-frança, chá-de-tabuleiro, cidreira, cidreira-verdadeira, cidrilha, erva-cidreira-verdadeira, erva-luísa, melissa, melissa-romana, melitéia |
| Slovenčina Slovak | Medovka lekárska |
| Slovenščina Slovenian | navadna melisa |
| Español Spanish | citraria balsamita mayor, Limoncillo, toronjil |
| Svenska Swedish | citronmeliss |
| Русский Russian | Мелисса лекарственная melissa lekarstvennaja |
| Українська Ukrainian | Меліса лікарська |
| Norsk Norwegian | sitronmelisse |
| Српски Serbian | Матичњак |
| Bosanski Bosnian | Matičnjak |
| Català Catalan | tarongina |
| Беларуская Belarusian | Меліса лекавая |
| Türkçe Turkish | oğulotu |
How these names are verified. Each name is drawn from authoritative botanical databases (GBIF vernacular names, Catalogue of Life, EPPO, Wikidata) and published only when confirmed by a curated authority or two independent sources — never machine-translated.