myrica [mɪˈraɪkə]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) the dried root bark of the wax myrtle, used as a tonic and to treat diarrhoea
[via Latin from Greek murikē the tamarisk]
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| Noun | 1. |  Myrica - deciduous aromatic shrubs or small treesdicot genus, magnoliopsid genus - genus of flowering plants having two cotyledons (embryonic leaves) in the seed which usually appear at germination Myrica gale, Scotch gale, sweet gale - bog shrub of north temperate zone having bitter-tasting fragrant leaves wax myrtle - any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries |
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