Definition of Genus Myrica

1. Noun. Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees.

Exact synonyms: Myrica
Generic synonyms: Dicot Genus, Magnoliopsid Genus
Group relationships: Family Myricaceae, Myricaceae, Wax-myrtle Family
Member holonyms: Myrica Gale, Scotch Gale, Sweet Gale, Wax Myrtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Myrica

genus Mustelus
genus Mutinus
genus Mutisia
genus Mya
genus Myadestes
genus Mycobacterium
genus Mycoplasma
genus Mycteria
genus Mycteroperca
genus Mylodon
genus Myocastor
genus Myopus
genus Myosotis
genus Myotis
genus Myrciaria
genus Myrica (current term)
genus Myricaria
genus Myriophyllum
genus Myristica
genus Myrmecia
genus Myrmecobius
genus Myrmecophaga
genus Myrmeleon
genus Myroxylon
genus Myrrhis
genus Myrsine
genus Myrtillocactus
genus Myrtus
genus Mysis
genus Mytilus

Literary usage of Genus Myrica

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Paleobiology of the Williamsburg Formation (Black Mingo Group; Paleocene) of by Albert E. Sanders (1998)
"... genus Myrica L. Plate 9, Figures 7-1 1 ; Plate 10, Figures 1-2 Description: Growth rings are present (Plate 9, Figure 7). Wood is diffuse porous with ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1906)
"From the abundance of the genus Myrica with nine species in the Raritan, we may assume that the Comptonia stock became separated from Myrica some time ..."

3. The Treasury of Botany: A Popular Dictionary of the Vegetable Kingdom; with by John Lindley (1866)
"... genus Myrica, Is technically distinguished from the two latter by its stamens being four to eight lu number, as well as by the ..."

4. Systematic Anatomy of the Dicotyledons: A Handbook for Laboratories of Pure by Hans Solereder, Dukinfield Henry Scott (1908)
"The characteristic anatomical features of this Order, which includes the single genus Myrica, are as follows : large peltate glands ; vertical trans- ..."

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