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Myrtle Beach
(Encyclopedia) Myrtle Beach, resort city (2007 est. pop. 29,970), NE S.C., inc. 1938 as a town, 1957 as a city. Situated on the Grand Strand, a 60-mi (95-km) stretch of beach between the Atlantic…South Carolina, University of
(Encyclopedia) South Carolina, University of, main campus at Columbia; state supported; coeducational; chartered 1801, opened as a college 1805, became a university 1906. One of the earliest state-…Brewer's: Myrtle
(The). If you look at a leaf of myrtle in a strong light, you will see that it is pierced with innumerable little punctures. According to fable, Phædra, wife of Theseus fell in love with…eucalyptus
(Encyclopedia) eucalyptuseucalyptusy&oomacr;ˌkəlĭpˈtəs [key]: see myrtle.myrtle
(Encyclopedia) myrtle, common name for the Myrtaceae, a family of shrubs and trees almost entirely of tropical regions, especially in America and Australia. The family is characterized by leaves (…gum tree
(Encyclopedia) gum tree, name for the eucalyptus (see myrtle) in Australia and for several other trees, e.g., the sweet gum, of the family Hamamelidaceae (witch hazel family), and the black gum or…Brewer's: Jew's Myrtle
So called from the popular notion that it formed the crown of thorns placed by the Jews on the Saviour's head. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894JewsJew's-…crape myrtle
(Encyclopedia) crape myrtle: see loosestrife.crepe myrtle
(Encyclopedia) crepe myrtle: see loosestrife.wax myrtle
(Encyclopedia) wax myrtle: see bayberry.Trending
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