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Definition: crape myrtle
crape myrtle
n : ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the
southern United States [syn:
crepe myrtle,
crepe flower
,
Lagerstroemia indica]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Crape myrtle
Myrtle
\Myr"tle\ (m[~e]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr.
my`rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (Bot.)
A species of the genus
Myrtus, especially
Myrtus communis
. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head,
thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It
has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
black several-seeded berries. The ancients considered it
sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used
variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
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Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the
West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
myrtle.
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Bog myrtle, the sweet gale.
Crape myrtle. See under
Crape.
Myrtle warbler (Zo["o]l.), a North American wood warbler
(
Dendroica coronata); -- called also
myrtle bird,
yellow-rumped warbler, and
yellow-crowned warbler.
Myrtle wax. (Bot.) See
Bayberry tallow, under
Bayberry.
Sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub (
Leiophyllum buxifolium
), growing in New Jersey and southward.
Wax myrtle (
Myrica cerifera). See
Bayberry.
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Crape
\Crape\ (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled,
crisped. See
Crisp.]
A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on
the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments,
also for the dress of some clergymen.
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A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope.
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Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub
(
Lagerstr["o]mia Indica) from the East Indies, often
planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like
that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped
petals.
Oriental crape. See
Canton crape.
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