·noun A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
myrīca ae, f , μυρίκη, the tamarisk (a shrub): tenues, O.—Prov.: Pinguia corticibus sudent electra ...
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