Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In botany, of, resembling, or pertaining to the natural order Myrtaceæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural family of trees and shrubs (
Myrtaceæ of the order Myrtales), of which the myrtle (Myrtus) is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Characteristic of the
myrtle family (Myrtaceae ) of plants
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Examples
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Cloves are the dried flower-buds of an East-Indian myrtaceous tree (_Caryophyllus_).
Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses Douglas Houghton Campbell
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CAJUPUT OIL, a volatile oil obtained by distillation from the leaves of the myrtaceous tree _Melaleuca leucadendron_, and probably other species.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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-- This small-foliaged myrtaceous plant is a native of
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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-- A myrtaceous plant from Australia, called the turpentine tree, owing to its furnishing a fluid resembling that product.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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-- This myrtaceous plant produces the well-known spice called cloves.
Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture William Saunders 1861
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Hakea with red blossoms; Zierea; Dodonaea; a crassulaceous plant with handsome pink flowers; a new myrtaceous tree of irregular stunted growth, about 30 feet high, with linear leaves, similar to those of the rosemary;
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
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The shallow creek was surrounded by a scrub of various myrtaceous trees, particularly Melaleucas.
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia : from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a distance of upwards of 3000 miles, during the years 1844-1845 Ludwig Leichhardt 1830
she commented on the word myrtaceous
adj., Belonging to or characteristic of the family Myrtaceae, a large family of aromatic shrubs and trees which includes the myrtles and the eucalypts.
September 5, 2008