crepe myrtle

noun

1. crape myrtle.

Word History and Origins

Origin of crepe myrtle¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Then her cheeks began to pale, till they were tinged like the creamy plumes of the white crepe myrtle that grew in the ruin.

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But she gazes beyond the salon, back into the big dining hall, where the white crepe myrtle grows.

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How long they sat on the rustic bench under the crepe-myrtle they did not know.

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As Willy helped them out, Charlotte appeared and came animatedly down the path between the borders of crepe myrtle.

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I knows a lot o' ole vacant wisdom caves for rent behin' dis crepe myrtle hedge—so, I say, watch and pray!

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