sand myrtle

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   low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage

   SynonymsLeiophyllum buxifolium

   Broadershrub

   Part ofLeiophyllum

Questions about sand myrtle

What does sand myrtle mean?

sand myrtle means "low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage".

What is another word for sand myrtle?

Close synonyms include Leiophyllum buxifolium. 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 sand myrtle a common word?

sand 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.