SAND MYRTLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sand myrtle mean? 

• SAND MYRTLE (noun)
  The noun SAND MYRTLE has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SAND MYRTLE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SAND MYRTLE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

Leiophyllum buxifolium; sand myrtle

Hypernyms ("sand myrtle" is a kind of...):

bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)

Holonyms ("sand myrtle" is a member of...):

genus Leiophyllum; Leiophyllum (one species: sand myrtle)