• (a.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceae), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus, Pimenta, Lechythis, and about seventy more.
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Myr·ta'ceous adjective [ Latin
myrtaceus .]
(Botany) 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 s...
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belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Cf. · of, pertaining to, or resembling the myrtle.
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