| Noun | 1. | myrtle family - trees and shrubs yielding a fragrant oil dicot family, magnoliopsid family - family of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Myrtales, order Myrtales, order Thymelaeales, Thymelaeales - Myrtaceae; Combretaceae; Elaeagnaceae; Haloragidaceae; Melastomaceae; Lecythidaceae; Lythraceae; Rhizophoraceae; Onagraceae; Lecythidaceae; Punicaceae myrtaceous tree - trees and shrubs genus Myrtus, Myrtus - type genus of the Myrtaceae genus Pimenta, Pimenta - allspice tree Eugenia, genus Eugenia - tropical trees and shrubs with aromatic leaves and often valuable hard wood genus Feijoa - small South American shrubs or trees genus Jambos, Jambos - used in some classifications for rose apples (Eugenia jambos) genus Myrciaria, Myrcia, Myrciaria - a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family genus Psidium, Psidium - guavas genus Eucalyptus - tall trees native to the Australian region; source of timber and medicinal oils from the aromatic leaves genus Syzygium, Syzygium - a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere |