Myoporum
noun
My·op·o·rum
mīˈäpərəm
: a genus (the type of the family Myoporaceae) of mostly Australasian shrubs or trees that have small axillary white flowers with a 5-parted bell-shaped calyx see bastard sandalwood
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from myo- (from Greek myein to close—used of the lips and eyes) + -porum (from Greek poros pore)
- desert tortoise
- desert trumpet
- desert trumpet flower
- desert varnish
- desert willow
- deserted
- deserter
- deserters
- desertest
- desertic
- deserticolous
- desertification
- desertifications
- desertify
- deserting
- desertion
- desertions
- desertless
- desertlessly
- desertlike
- desertness
- deserts
- desertscape
- desertthorn
- desertward