myrtaceousadj.

Brit.

/məːˈteɪʃəs/, U.S.

/mərˈteɪʃəs/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Myrtaceae , -ous suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Myrtaceae, family name (R. Brown, 1814; < myrtus myrtle (see myrt n.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French myrtacé, adjective (1832), classical Latin myrtāceus (variant reading in Celsus).

Botany.

Belonging to or characteristic of the family Myrtaceae, a large family of aromatic shrubs and trees which includes the myrtles and the eucalypts.

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myrtine oil1540

myrtly1611

myrtaceous1835

myrtal1836

1835 Penny Cycl. III. 123/2 Myrtaceous plants with white blossoms.

1862 R. F. Burton City of Saints (ed. 2) xiii. 483 Tobacco must be mixed with a myrtaceous leaf called by the natives ‘timaya’.

1891 Cent. Dict. at Tea-tree Broad-leaved tea-tree, a myrtaceous shrub or tree, Callistemon salignus, of Australia and Tasmania.

1915 Bot. Gaz. 59 487 In my studies of the tertiary floras I have refrained from referring any of the numerous and unquestionable myrtaceous leaves to the genus Eucalyptus.

1975 Nature 11 Dec. 508/1 Small myrtaceous pollens, not identifiable below family level, occur rarely.

1994 W. B. Zomleffer Flowering Plant Families 234/1 Myrtaceous flowers often are sweet-scented.

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

单词	myrtaceous
释义	myrtaceousadj. Brit. /məːˈteɪʃəs/, U.S. /mərˈteɪʃəs/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Myrtaceae , -ous suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Myrtaceae, family name (R. Brown, 1814; < myrtus myrtle (see myrt n.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix. Compare French myrtacé, adjective (1832), classical Latin myrtāceus (variant reading in Celsus). Botany. Belonging to or characteristic of the family Myrtaceae, a large family of aromatic shrubs and trees which includes the myrtles and the eucalypts. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [adjective] myrtine oil1540 myrtly1611 myrtaceous1835 myrtal1836 1835 Penny Cycl. III. 123/2 Myrtaceous plants with white blossoms. 1862 R. F. Burton City of Saints (ed. 2) xiii. 483 Tobacco must be mixed with a myrtaceous leaf called by the natives ‘timaya’. 1891 Cent. Dict. at Tea-tree Broad-leaved tea-tree, a myrtaceous shrub or tree, Callistemon salignus, of Australia and Tasmania. 1915 Bot. Gaz. 59 487 In my studies of the tertiary floras I have refrained from referring any of the numerous and unquestionable myrtaceous leaves to the genus Eucalyptus. 1975 Nature 11 Dec. 508/1 Small myrtaceous pollens, not identifiable below family level, occur rarely. 1994 W. B. Zomleffer Flowering Plant Families 234/1 Myrtaceous flowers often are sweet-scented. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1835
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