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my⋅ri⋅ca

   [mi-rahy-kuh]
–noun
1. the bark of the wax myrtle.
2. the bark of the bayberry.
Origin:
1700–10; < L < Gk myrkē a shrub, the tamarisk
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myrica

noun
deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees 

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Myrica

My*ri"ca\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? tamarisk.] (Bot.) 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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