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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Myricaceae — many smalltrees andshrubs .
Etymologies
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Examples
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This also stands true for my dear friends Myrica Taylor and Mary Jean Vignone.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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This also stands true for my dear friends Myrica Taylor and Mary Jean Vignone.
In The Shadow of The Cypress Thomas Steinbeck 2010
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The upland moor consists primarily of heath/scrub plants, with Erica excelsa, Philippia trimera, Adenocarpus mannii, Protea kilimandscharica, Stoebe kilimandscharica, Myrica meyeri-johannis, and Myrsine africana.
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Exotheca abyssinica, Andropogon amethystinus, and A. kilimandscharicus, with scattered bushes of Adenocarpus mannii, Kotschya recurvifolia and Myrica meyeri-johannis.
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Several cayes have stands of littoral forest with ziricote Cordia sebestena, teabox Myrica cerifera, gumbo limbo Bursera simaruba and coco plum Chrysobalanus icaco.
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Other important montane species include Crassocephalum mannii, Hypericum lanceolatum, Myrica humilis, Philippia mannii, and Schlefflera abyssinica.
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The first one is the contact zone with laurisilva, where Myrica spp. are dominant, with some Erica spp.; the second one is the typical fayal-brezal association (Myrica-Erica); and finally the third one is the contact zone with pine forests where Erica spp. are more common than Myrica spp.
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There are three distinctive species Myrica faya, Erica arborea and E. scoparia.
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In the lowlands, most of which have been highly altered, the evergreen fire tree (Myrica faya) is the main species to have regenerated on old lava flows.
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The most prevalent broad-leaf evergreen tree is the Pacific wax myrtle (Myrica pacifica).
South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve, Oregon 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word Myrica
God bless Myrica.
July 25, 2018