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myrica
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun myrica has 1 sense
- myrica(n = noun.plant) genus myrica - deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees; Array is a kind of dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus
is a member of family myricaceae, myricaceae, wax-myrtle family
CIDE DICTIONARY
myrica, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. tamarisk.].
A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called. [1913 Webster]
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