Crape Myrtle - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: crape myrtlecrape myrtle
an tall East Indian and Chinese shrub Lagerstroemia indica of the loosestrife family commonly planted in Southern and Western U S as an ornamental shrub It has clusters of red white purple or pink flowers...
Canton crape
A soft white or colored silk fabric of a gauzy texture and wavy appearance used for ladies scarfs shawls bonnet trimmings etc called also Oriental crape...
Crape
A thin crimped stuff made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill Black crape is much used for mourning garments also for the dress of some clergymen...
Myrtle
A species of the genus Myrtus especially Myrtus communis The common myrtle has a shrubby upright stem eight or ten feet high Its branches form a close full head thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers followed by black several seeded berries The ancients considered it sacred to Venus The flowers leaves and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning...
Myrtiform
Resembling myrtle or myrtle berries having the form of a myrtle leaf...
Myrtaceae
A natural family of trees and shrubs yielding fragrant oils including the myrtles eucalyptus clove allspice and guava the myrtle family...
crape fern
a fern of New Zealand Leptopteris superba with pinnate fronds and a densely woolly stalks sometimes included in genus Todea...
crape jasmine
a tropical shrub Tabernaemontana divaricata native to India having glossy foliage and fragrant nocturnal flowers with crimped or wavy corollas Northern India to Thailand...
Crapy
Resembling crape...
Crecircpe
Same as Crape...
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