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OREGON MYRTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oregon myrtle mean? 

OREGON MYRTLE (noun)
  The noun OREGON MYRTLE has 1 sense:

1. Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough woodplay

  Familiarity information: OREGON MYRTLE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


OREGON MYRTLE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California bay tree; California laurel; California olive; mountain laurel; Oregon myrtle; pepperwood; sassafras laurel; spice tree; Umbellularia californica

Hypernyms ("Oregon myrtle" is a kind of...):

laurel (any of various aromatic trees of the laurel family)

Holonyms ("Oregon myrtle" is a member of...):

genus Umbellularia; Umbellularia (aromatic evergreen trees of Pacific coast)


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