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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family;
[syn: Myrciaria, genus Myrciaria, Myrcia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Myrcia \Myr"ci*a\, n. [NL.] (Bot.) A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs, nearly related to the true myrtles (Myrtus), from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Myrcia n 1: a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family [syn: Myrciaria, genus Myrciaria, Myrcia]