myrtaceous

Myr*ta"ceous, a. Etym: [L. myrtaceus.] (Bot.) Defn: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceæ), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.

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