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Definition of Crape myrtle

1. Noun. Ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States.

Definition of Crape myrtle

1. Noun. Any of the genus ''Lagerstroemia'', family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms. ¹

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Literary usage of Crape myrtle

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

1. Maybloom and Myrtle by Samuel Minturn Peck (1910)
"crape myrtle IN the land where I was born Grows a flower that I love; And to-day, It is blowing in the morn, With Southland skies above Blue and gay. ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... olive, crape myrtle und some eucalypti. Mr. Reimers is of the opinion that: "The gardens of California should be given a classic Mediterranean aspect. ..."

3. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"THE crape myrtle BY MRS. GEORGIA TORREY DRENNAN. ... They are of three kinds, pink, white and red, but when general reference is made to the crape myrtle, ..."

4. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1855)
"A crape myrtle of thirteen inches diameter of trunk; ... The tree closely resembles the crape myrtle, ..."

5. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"CRAPE 'MYRTLE' (332) is one of the most beautiful and popular of large shrubs or small trees, 10 to 25 feet, ..."

6. Maybloom and Myrtle by Samuel Minturn Peck (1910)
"crape myrtle IN the land where I was born Grows a flower that I love; And to-day, It is blowing in the morn, With Southland skies above Blue and gay. ..."

7. Cyclopedia of American Horticulture: Comprising Suggestions for Cultivation by Liberty Hyde Bailey, Wilhelm Miller (1902)
"... olive, crape myrtle und some eucalypti. Mr. Reimers is of the opinion that: "The gardens of California should be given a classic Mediterranean aspect. ..."

8. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1917)
"THE crape myrtle BY MRS. GEORGIA TORREY DRENNAN. ... They are of three kinds, pink, white and red, but when general reference is made to the crape myrtle, ..."

9. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Tasteby Luther Tucker by Luther Tucker (1855)
"A crape myrtle of thirteen inches diameter of trunk; ... The tree closely resembles the crape myrtle, ..."

10. Ornamental Shrubs of the United States (hardy, Cultivated) by Austin Craig Apgar (1910)
"CRAPE 'MYRTLE' (332) is one of the most beautiful and popular of large shrubs or small trees, 10 to 25 feet, ..."

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