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Definition of Crape

Crape
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 from wikipedia

- crepe or ****e (from the French crêpe), is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp and crimped appearance. The term "****e" typically...
- Lagerstroemia (/ˌleɪɡərˈstriːmiə/), commonly known as ****e myrtle (also spelled crepe myrtle or crêpe myrtle), is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous...
- only to teak in its strength. It is called Queen ****e myrtle as its flowers look like delicate ****e paper. The genus Lagerstroemia was first described...
- Lagerstroemia indica, commonly known as a ****e myrtle (also crepe myrtle, crêpe myrtle, or crepeflower), is a species of flowering plant in the genus...
- Tabernaemontana divaricata, commonly called pinwheel flower, ****e jasmine, East India rosebay, and Nero's crown, is an evergreen shrub or small tree...
- Cheilocostus speciosus, or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym ****enia...
- known as Lagerstroemia ****e myrtle, ****e myrtle, crepe myrtle, ****emyrtle, crepemyrtle, giant ****e-myrtle, Queen's ****e-myrtle or banabá plant Melia...
- paramatta and ****e for the first year of deepest mourning, followed by nine months of dullish black silk, heavily trimmed with ****e, and then three...
- Mandevilla sanderi Cape jasmine Gardenia Carolina jasmine Gelsemium sempervirens ****e jasmine Tabernaemontana divaricata Chilean jasmine Mandevilla laxa Jasmine...
- such, Southern Magnolias, Needle Palms, Windmill palm, Loblolly Pines, and ****e Myrtles are grown in private and public gardens. Like much of coastal Connecticut...