See Also: myrtaceous(medicine)
myrtaceous(dictionary)

myrtaceous (iou)



myrtaceous adjective. M19.
[from mod. Latin Myrtaceae (see below) fem. pl. of Latin myrtaceus, from myrtus: see MYRTLE, -ACEOUS.]
Botany. Of or pertaining to the family Myrtaceae, of which the myrtle is the type.