myrīca ae, f
, μυρίκη, the tamarisk (a shrub): tenues, O.—Prov.: Pinguia corticibus sudent electra myricae (of an impossibility), V.: laturas poma myricas speret, O.
·noun A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the b...
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