The correct term is Mérope (it is a proper name). Merope is the name of a genus of plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Mérope was a very common name in ancient Greece, as it was the name of one of the Pleiades, one of the Oceanids, one of the Heliads, was the name of Princesses of Messenia, Chios, Athens, Megara; of Queens of Corinth and Boeotia. It was also a masculine given name for Kings of Ethiopia, Percote, Kos Island and Antemusa. Merope was also the name of the son of Hyas who was the first man to resettle humanity after the universal flood. In Greek as a noun it meant part of the chain, link .
