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/kreɪp mˈərtəl/ Listen

Crepe myrtle

noun

Ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States. Synonyms: crape myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica.

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... small community of superannuated pensioners upon the bounty of their former owners, Daddy was easily first citizen of Evergreen annex on Crepe Myrtle plantation, which is to say he was therein a personage of place and of privilege, coming and going at will, doing as he pleased, and as, with uplifted eye, he reverently boasted, "sponsible to nobody but Almighty Gord ...

— Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles • Ruth McEnery Stuart

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Words linked to "Crepe myrtle" : shrub, bush, genus Lagerstroemia, Lagerstroemia