myrican.

Brit.

/mᵻˈrʌɪkə/, U.S.

/ˈmɪrəkə/

Forms: 1500s– myrica, 1700s myrice.

Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin myrīcē, myrīca; Greek μυρίκη.

Etymology: < classical Latin myrīcē, also myrīca tamarisk or its etymon ancient Greek μυρίκη; further etymology uncertain, but probably a loanword, perhaps ultimately cognate with tamarisk n. Compare Middle French, French myrique (second half of the 16th cent.).

†1. A tamarisk. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > tamarisk

quick treeeOE

tamariskc1400

myrica1548

jhow1827

ithel1838

sea cypress1855

tarfa1858

salt cedar1881

1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.v^v The scholemaisters in Englande haue of longe tyme called myricā heath, or lyng, but so longe haue they bene deceyued al together. It maye be called in englishe, Tamarik.

1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια at Tamarisk N[ames]..Tamarix, Myrica.

1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Myrica or Myrice, a low Shrub, call'd Tamarisk.

1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 78 The cytisus,..the myrtle, and the myrica [at Naples].

1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 305 Tamarix Anglica (Common Tamarisk)... It is the Myrica of the Greeks and Romans.

2. A plant of the genus Myrica (family Myricaceae) of shrubs and small trees having aromatic foliage; esp. bog myrtle, Myrica gale, and wax myrtle, M. cerifera; (in form Myrica) the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1024.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun]

galec1000

Dutch myrtle1597

sweet willow1597

gow1598

sweet-gale1640

candle-tree1692

candleberry tree1731

tallow shrub1770

myrica1791

wax-tree1791

wax-plant1801

wax-myrtle1813

Comptonia1823

tallow-bush1835

wax-berry1835

sweet fern1849

bog myrtle1866

meadow fern1876

flea-wood1892

1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 405 A species of Myrica (Myrica inodora)..which the French inhabitants call the Wax tree.

1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 566/1 Wax-bearing myrica, or candleberry myrtle.

1826 N. T. Carrington Dartmoor 69 Upon his [sc. the Dart's] banks..Nature's hand has thrown the odorous Myrica.

1897 H. Edmonds & R. Marloth Elem. Bot. S. Afr. xvii. 169 The genus Myrica, of which M. cordifolia and others supply the berry-wax.

1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 87 Bayberry Myrica cerifera (Linn.)... Synonyms. Wax Myrtle. Myrica. Candle Berry.

1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 244 Non-rhizobial nodules are found in a range of non legumes, mostly woody species including Casuarina and Myrica.

Compounds

† myrica-tallow n. Obsolete rare = myrica wax n.

ΚΠ

1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1069 Myrica-tallow, myrtle-wax.

myrica wax n. = myrtle wax n. at myrtle n. Compounds 2.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants > specific

myrtle wax1700

piney tallow1843

Japanese wax1859

Japan wax1859

myrica wax1862

myrtle-berry wax1888

berry wax1897

candelilla wax1909

1862 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 83 320 As a substitute for bees-wax in the manufacture of candles, the Myrica wax appears to be worthy of more attention than it has yet received.

1913 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. I. 133 The berry wax (myrica wax) is of a pale greenish colour and considerably harder than beeswax.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	myrica
释义	myrican. Brit. /mᵻˈrʌɪkə/, U.S. /ˈmɪrəkə/ Forms: 1500s– myrica, 1700s myrice. Origin: Either (i) a borrowing from Latin. Or (ii) a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin myrīcē, myrīca; Greek μυρίκη. Etymology: < classical Latin myrīcē, also myrīca tamarisk or its etymon ancient Greek μυρίκη; further etymology uncertain, but probably a loanword, perhaps ultimately cognate with tamarisk n. Compare Middle French, French myrique (second half of the 16th cent.). †1. A tamarisk. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > non-British trees or shrubs > [noun] > tamarisk quick treeeOE tamariskc1400 myrica1548 jhow1827 ithel1838 sea cypress1855 tarfa1858 salt cedar1881 1548 W. Turner Names of Herbes sig. E.v^v The scholemaisters in Englande haue of longe tyme called myricā heath, or lyng, but so longe haue they bene deceyued al together. It maye be called in englishe, Tamarik. 1659 R. Lovell Παμβοτανολογια at Tamarisk N[ames]..Tamarix, Myrica. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Myrica or Myrice, a low Shrub, call'd Tamarisk. 1819 P. B. Shelley Let. 25 Feb. (1964) II. 78 The cytisus,..the myrtle, and the myrica [at Naples]. 1855 A. Pratt Flowering Plants & Ferns Great Brit. II. 305 Tamarix Anglica (Common Tamarisk)... It is the Myrica of the Greeks and Romans. 2. A plant of the genus Myrica (family Myricaceae) of shrubs and small trees having aromatic foliage; esp. bog myrtle, Myrica gale, and wax myrtle, M. cerifera; (in form Myrica) the genus itself.Valid publication of the genus name: Linnaeus Species Plantarum (1753) II. 1024. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > shrubs > myrica and allies > [noun] galec1000 Dutch myrtle1597 sweet willow1597 gow1598 sweet-gale1640 candle-tree1692 candleberry tree1731 tallow shrub1770 myrica1791 wax-tree1791 wax-plant1801 wax-myrtle1813 Comptonia1823 tallow-bush1835 wax-berry1835 sweet fern1849 bog myrtle1866 meadow fern1876 flea-wood1892 1791 W. Bartram Trav. N. & S. Carolina 405 A species of Myrica (Myrica inodora)..which the French inhabitants call the Wax tree. 1797 Encycl. Brit. XII. 566/1 Wax-bearing myrica, or candleberry myrtle. 1826 N. T. Carrington Dartmoor 69 Upon his [sc. the Dart's] banks..Nature's hand has thrown the odorous Myrica. 1897 H. Edmonds & R. Marloth Elem. Bot. S. Afr. xvii. 169 The genus Myrica, of which M. cordifolia and others supply the berry-wax. 1931 M. Grieve Mod. Herbal II. 87 Bayberry Myrica cerifera (Linn.)... Synonyms. Wax Myrtle. Myrica. Candle Berry. 1992 M. Ingrouille Diversity & Evol. Land Plants 244 Non-rhizobial nodules are found in a range of non legumes, mostly woody species including Casuarina and Myrica. Compounds † myrica-tallow n. Obsolete rare = myrica wax n. ΚΠ 1865 H. Watts Dict. Chem. III. 1069 Myrica-tallow, myrtle-wax. myrica wax n. = myrtle wax n. at myrtle n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > waxy materials > [noun] > derived from plants > specific myrtle wax1700 piney tallow1843 Japanese wax1859 Japan wax1859 myrica wax1862 myrtle-berry wax1888 berry wax1897 candelilla wax1909 1862 Amer. Jrnl. Sci. 83 320 As a substitute for bees-wax in the manufacture of candles, the Myrica wax appears to be worthy of more attention than it has yet received. 1913 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. I. 133 The berry wax (myrica wax) is of a pale greenish colour and considerably harder than beeswax. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1548
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