Myrcia

Myr´ci`a

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(Bot.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry.

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Myrcia - a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family genus Myrciaria, Myrciaria dicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination family Myrtaceae, Myrtaceae, myrtle family - trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil jaboticaba, jaboticaba tree, Myrciaria cauliflora - small evergreen tropical tree native to Brazil and West Indies but introduced into southern United States; grown in Brazil for its edible tough-skinned purple grapelike fruit that grows all along the branches