English Dictionary: myrtaceous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Myrtaceous \Myr*ta"ceous\, a. [L. myrtaceus.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs ({Myrtace[91]}), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera {Eucalyptus}, {Pimenta}, {Lechythis}, and about seventy more. |