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myrtaceous
CIDE DICTIONARY
myrtaceous, a. [L. myrtaceus.].
Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural family of trees and shrubs (Myrtaceæ of the order Myrtales ), of which the myrtle (Myrtus ) is the type. It includes the genera Eucalyptus , Pimenta , Lechythis , and about seventy more. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
myrtaceous, adj. of or relating to the plant family Myrtaceae, including myrtles.
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