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myrica

/mi-rahy-kuh/US // mɪˈraɪ kə //UK // (mɪˈraɪkə) //

蜂蜜酒,蜂蜜酱,蜂蜜,蜂蜜糖

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the bark of the wax myrtle.
    • : the bark of the bayberry.

Examples

  • The berries of the Myrica angustifolia, latifolia, as well as the cerifera, afford abundance of wax.

  • It is prepared by distilling rum from the leaves of Myrica acris (called Bayberry in America).

  • Myrica, and pendulous lichens occurred in abundance, but grasses predominate, chiefly Airoid and Andropogons.

  • Frisius appears in this legend as the maker of the map, with Mercator and Myrica as the engravers.

  • Bayberry-tallow is greenish in color, and is obtained by boiling the berries of the bayberry, or wax myrtle (Myrica cerifera).

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