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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Myrica

· My·ri·ca · IPA
01 prop. n. A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and t…
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    A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.(Bot.)