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Definition of Crape myrtle

Crape myrtle
Crape Crape (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr["o]mia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

Meaning of Crape myrtle from wikipedia

- Its timber is next only to teak in its strength. It is called Queen ****e myrtle as its flowers look like delicate crêpe paper. The genus Lagerstroemia...
- Lagerstroemia (/ˌleɪɡərˈstriːmiə/), commonly known as ****e myrtle (also spelled crepe myrtle or crêpe myrtle), is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous...
- Lagerstroemia indica, commonly known as a ****e myrtle (also crepe myrtle, crêpe myrtle, or crepeflower), is a species of flowering plant in the genus...
- more than 35 kinds of ****e myrtles. In the southern United States, they became the major landscape trees there. Also, ****e myrtles can be used as host...
- changed to "The Myrtles" after the ****e myrtles that grew in the vicinity. Stirling died in 1854 and left the plantation to his wife. The Myrtles survived the...
- known as Lagerstroemia ****e myrtle, ****e myrtle, crepe myrtle, ****emyrtle, crepemyrtle, giant ****e-myrtle, Queen's ****e-myrtle or banabá plant Melia...
- ****igns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos can be of any race. ****e Myrtle capital, chieftain.com. Accessed December 21, 2022. "Welcome to Waxahachie...
- as well as the sculpture Thank Heaven for Little Girls by Gary Price. ****e myrtle trees enclose a stone walkway to create the garden. This natural tunnel...
- Lagerstroemia floribunda, also known as Thai ****e myrtle and kedah bungor, is a species of flowering plant in the family Lythraceae. It is native of the...
- Nowadays, the practice is sometimes used for ornamental trees, such as ****e myrtles in southern states of the US. Pollarding tends to make trees live longer...