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(“myrica gale”)
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SPECIES:
“MYRICA GALE”
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(‘myrica’ /mɪˈraɪkə/ is a ‘genus’ of about 35–50 species of ‘small trees’ and shrubs in the family ‘myricaceae’ (order ‘fagales’))
(the ‘genus’ has a wide distribution, including ‘africa’, ‘asia’, ‘europe’, ‘north america’, and ‘south america’, and missing only from ‘australia’)
(some ‘botanists’ split the genus into 2 ‘genera’ on the basis of the ‘catkin’ and ‘fruit structure’, restricting myrica to a few species, and treating the others in ‘morella’)
(common names include ‘bayberry’, ‘bay-rum tree’, ‘candleberry’, ‘sweet gale’, and ‘wax-myrtle’)
(the generic name was derived from the greek word μυρικη (myrike), meaning “fragrance”)
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