myrtle family

American  

noun

1. the plant family Myrtaceae, characterized by mostly tropical trees and shrubs having aromatic, simple, usually opposite leaves, clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including allspice, clove, eucalyptus, guava, and myrtles of the genus Myrtus.

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Example Sentences

Eugenia jambosa.—A tropical plant, belonging to the myrtle family, which produces a pleasant rose-flavored fruit, known as the Roseapple, or Jamrosade.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

The myrtle family, the members of which are all tropical or sub-tropical, gives name to the order.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton

It belongs to the myrtle family of plants.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

A genus of plants of the myrtle family, which grow to a prodigious height.

From The Mysterious Island by White, Stephen W.