crepe myrtle

noun

Origin of crepe myrtle

First recorded in 1840–50

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Then her cheeks began to pale, till they were tinged like the creamy plumes of the white crepe myrtle that grew in the ruin.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
But she gazes beyond the salon, back into the big dining hall, where the white crepe myrtle grows.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate Chopin
How long they sat on the rustic bench under the crepe-myrtle they did not know.
The Bishop of Cottontown | John Trotwood Moore
As Willy helped them out, Charlotte appeared and came animatedly down the path between the borders of crepe myrtle.
The House of Fulfilment | George Madden Martin
I knows a lot o' ole vacant wisdom caves for rent behin' dis crepe myrtle hedge—so, I say, watch and pray!
Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles | Ruth McEnery Stuart

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