oregon myrtle

1. 1.

   Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood

   SynonymsCalifornia laurelCalifornia bay treepepperwoodspice treesassafras laurelCalifornia olivemountain laurelUmbellularia californica

   Broaderlaurel

   Part ofUmbellularia

Questions about oregon myrtle

What does oregon myrtle mean?

oregon myrtle means "Pacific coast tree having aromatic foliage and small umbellate flowers followed by olivelike fruit; yields a hard tough wood".

What is another word for oregon myrtle?

Close synonyms include California laurel, California bay tree, pepperwood, spice tree, sassafras laurel. 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 oregon myrtle a common word?

oregon 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.