Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A tree of the myrtle family, Eugenia Smithii (Acmena floribunda), found in Australia. It is a slender but sometimes tall tree, with terminal panicles of abundant white flowers, and a very hard and heavy wood. Also called Australian myrtle.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Bot.) An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia Smithii), having smooth ovate leaves, and panicles of small white flowers. The wood is hard and fine-grained.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun An Australian myrtaceous tree (Eugenia smithii) with smooth ovate leaves and panicles of small white flowers.

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