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myrica

[ mi-rahy-kuh ]

noun

  1. the bark of the wax myrtle.
  2. the bark of the bayberry.


myrica

/ mɪˈraɪkə /

noun

  1. the dried root bark of the wax myrtle, used as a tonic and to treat diarrhoea
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of myrica1

1700–10; < Latin < Greek myrī́kē a shrub, the tamarisk
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Word History and Origins

Origin of myrica1

C18: via Latin from Greek murikē the tamarisk
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Example Sentences

I had forgotten about an evergreen named Morella cerifera, which was named Myrica when I last greeted it, but its common name has remained.

The sweet gale, Myrica Gale, and the sage, Salvia officinalis, were also similarly employed.

Myrica, mi-rī′ka, n. a genus of shrubs of the sweet-gale family, including the bay-berry or wax-myrtle, yielding a tallow used for candles.

If it has not been invaded in the mean time by men or cattle, trees and arborescent plants, Alnus, Salix, Myrica, &c. appear, and these contribute to hasten the attachment of the turf to the bottom, both by their weight and by sending their roots quite through into the ground.

The genus Myrica is the type of a small, but widely distributed order, Myricaceae, which is placed among the apetalous families of Dicotyledons, and is perhaps most nearly allied to the willow family.

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