What does crape myrtle mean?

crape myrtle means "ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States".

What is another word for crape myrtle?

Close synonyms include crepe myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is crape myrtle a common word?

crape myrtle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Crape myrtle — meaning and 3 synonyms

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1 senseA person, place, thing, quality or idea.

1.
ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
Synonymscrepe myrtle crepe flower Lagerstroemia indica
Broadershrub
Part ofLagerstroemia

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