myrica

American  

[mi-rahy-kuh] / mɪˈraɪ kə /

noun

1. the bark of the wax myrtle.

2. the bark of the bayberry.

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myrica British  

/ mɪˈraɪkə /

noun

1. the dried root bark of the wax myrtle, used as a tonic and to treat diarrhoea

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Etymology

Origin of myrica

1700–10; < Latin < Greek myrī́kē a shrub, the tamarisk

Example Sentences

If we take trees and shrubs, for example, we find such genera as pinus, cypress, berberis, quercus, viburnam, indigofera, and romeda, lonicera, deutzia, rubus, myrica, spiræ, ilex, and many others common to both countries.

From The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c. by Simmonds, P. L.

Some are of generalised forms that are now unknown; some have leaves approaching those of the oak, willow, elm, maple, and walnut; some may be definitely described as fig, sassafras, aralia, myrica, etc.

From The Story of Evolution by McCabe, Joseph