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Definition of Oregon myrtle
1. Noun. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood.
Generic synonyms: Laurel
Group relationships: Genus Umbellularia, Umbellularia
Lexicographical Neighbors of Oregon Myrtle
Literary usage of Oregon myrtle
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Silva of California by Willis Linn Jepson (1910)
"In Oregon it is most commonly known as "Myrtle" or "Oregon myrtle." Cajeput, the
Malay name of Mela- leuca trees of the East Indian Islands, ..."
2. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"There was a handsome Oregon myrtle dining room table, and there were chairs of
the same beautiful material. On the walls were paintings, pastels, ..."
3. The Story of the Exposition: Being the Official History of the International by Frank Morton Todd (1921)
"There was a handsome Oregon myrtle dining room table, and there were chairs of
the same beautiful material. On the walls were paintings, pastels, ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"... jn the valleys are found cottonwoods, maple, ash, alder, dogwood, and wild
cherry. There are seven species of oak, and the fragrant Oregon myrtle ..."
5. The Americana: A Universal Reference Library, Comprising the Arts and ...edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines edited by Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines (1912)
"The Oregon myrtle is a common tree. Out of a total area of 96030 square miles,
28843 square miles, or about 30 per cent, are covered with timber of ..."
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