English > myrtle family: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil. |
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| Synonyms | Myrtaceae, family Myrtaceae |
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| Member of | Myrtales, order Myrtales, Thymelaeales, order Thymelaeales | Myrtaceae |
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| Members | Eugenia, genus Eugenia | Tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood |
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| Jambos, genus Jambos | Used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) |
| Myrciaria, genus Myrciaria, Myrcia | A genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family |
| Myrtus, genus Myrtus | type genus of the Myrtaceae |
| Pimenta, genus Pimenta | allspice tree |
| Psidium, genus Psidium | guavas / guavas |
| Syzygium, genus Syzygium | A tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere |
| genus Eucalyptus | tall trees native to the Australian region |
| genus Feijoa | small South American shrubs or trees |
| myrtaceous tree | Trees and shrubs |
| Broader | dicot family, magnoliopsid family | family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination |
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| Spanish | mirtáceas, myrtaceae |
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| Catalan | myrtaceae, Myrtaceae |
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