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myrica
[ mi-rahy-kuh ]
noun
- the bark of the wax myrtle.
- the bark of the bayberry.
myrica
/ mɪˈraɪkə /
noun
- the dried root bark of the wax myrtle, used as a tonic and to treat diarrhoea
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Word History and Origins
Origin of myrica1
1700–10; < Latin < Greek myrī́kē a shrub, the tamarisk
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Word History and Origins
Origin of myrica1
C18: via Latin from Greek murikē the tamarisk
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Example Sentences
The berries of the Myrica angustifolia, latifolia, as well as the cerifera, afford abundance of wax.
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It is prepared by distilling rum from the leaves of Myrica acris (called Bayberry in America).
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Myrica, and pendulous lichens occurred in abundance, but grasses predominate, chiefly Airoid and Andropogons.
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Frisius appears in this legend as the maker of the map, with Mercator and Myrica as the engravers.
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Bayberry-tallow is greenish in color, and is obtained by boiling the berries of the bayberry, or wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera).
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