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myrtle family

noun

  1. the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.


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The best known of these is the Lecythis Zabucajo, a lofty tree of the myrtle family (Myrtace).

The myrtle family, the members of which are all tropical or sub-tropical, gives name to the order.

The clove tree is of the myrtle family, and the older it grows the greater the yield.

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