(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:21:36

My*ri"ca (?), n. [L., fr. Gr. tamarisk.] Bot.

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.

 

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