myrtle : Idioms & Phrases

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bay myrtle

  • noun evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
    puckerbush; Myrica cerifera.
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Bog myrtle

  • noun perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
    marsh trefoil; Menyanthes trifoliata; buckbean; bogbean; water shamrock.
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  • the sweet gale.
  • (Bot.), the sweet gale.
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common myrtle

  • noun European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
    Myrtus communis.
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Crape myrtle

  • noun ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
    crape myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica; crepe flower.
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  • (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerströmia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals.
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crepe myrtle

  • noun ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
    crape myrtle; Lagerstroemia indica; crepe flower.
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myrtle beech

  • noun large evergreen tree of Tasmania
    Nothofagus cuninghamii.
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myrtle bird

  • noun similar to Audubon's warbler
    Dendroica coronata; myrtle bird.
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myrtle family

  • noun trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil
    Myrtaceae; family Myrtaceae.
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myrtle flag

  • noun perennial marsh plant having swordlike leaves and aromatic roots
    sweet flag; calamus; sweet calamus; Acorus calamus; flagroot.
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myrtle oak

  • noun small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas
    seaside scrub oak; Quercus myrtifolia.
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myrtle spurge

  • noun poisonous Old World spurge; adventive in America; seeds yield a purgative oil
    Euphorbia lathyris; mole plant; caper spurge.
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Myrtle warbler

  • noun similar to Audubon's warbler
    Dendroica coronata; myrtle bird.
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  • (Zoöl.), a North American wood warbler (Dendroica coronata); called also myrtle bird, yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.
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Myrtle wax

  • . (Bot.) See Bayberry tallow, under Bayberry.
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oregon myrtle

  • noun Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood
    sassafras laurel; California olive; pepperwood; Umbellularia californica; California bay tree; California laurel; mountain laurel; spice tree.
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queen's crape myrtle

  • noun native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
    pride-of-India; Lagerstroemia speciosa.
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Sand myrtle

  • noun low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage
    Leiophyllum buxifolium.
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  • a low, branching evergreen shrub (Leiophyllum buxifolium), growing in New Jersey and southward.
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Wax myrtle

  • noun any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
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  • (Myrica cerifera). See Bayberry.
  • . (Bot.) See Bayberry.
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wax-myrtle family

  • noun constituting the order Myricales
    Myricaceae; family Myricaceae.
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