Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A strongly marked genus of shrubs constituting the order Myricaceæ and characterized by staminate catkins, an ovary with one cell and one ovule, and the seed not lobed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun (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.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun botany Any of the
genus Myrica ofshrubs andtrees .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees
Etymologies
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Examples
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The bitterness in the Koyt is from the gagel we use Myrica gale ed note: myrica gale and gagel are both names for sweet gale together with other herbs.
Archive 2008-08-01 2008
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The bitterness in the Koyt is from the gagel we use Myrica gale ed note: myrica gale and gagel are both names for sweet gale together with other herbs.
Hey Barkeep! Can I Get A Beer Without Any Of These Hops That Everyone Seems So Keen On? 2008
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Rational Review 2009
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There the glancing foliage obscures heaven, as the silken texture of a veil a woman's lovely features: beneath such fretwork we may indulge in light-hearted thoughts; or, if sadder meditations lead us to seek darker shades, we may pass the cascade towards the large groves of pine, with their vast undergrowth of laurel, reaching up to the Belvidere; or, on the opposite side of the water, sit under the shadow of the silver-stemmed birch, or beneath the leafy pavilions of those fine old beeches, whose high fantastic roots seem formed in nature's sport; and the near jungle of sweet-smelling myrica leaves no sense unvisited by pleasant ministration.
The Mourner 2002
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