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Definition: Myrica |
MyricaNoun1. Deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Myrica \My*ri"ca\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek expression tamarisk.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: MyricaSynonym: genus Myrica (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Myrica |
| English words defined with "Myrica": Candleberry tree ♦ sweet fern, sweet gale ♦ wax myrtle. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "Myrica": Myricin. (references) |
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 | Waquoit Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve. Northern bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |  | Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve Bayberry - Myrica pensylvanica. Early colonists boiled the berries and made aromatic candles from the wax. The berries are still used as components of candles. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR). |
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| "Myrica" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Myrica" is used about 7 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 7 | 133,076 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Myrica": Comptonia or Myrica asplenifolia ♦ genus Myrica ♦ Myrica asplenifolia ♦ Myrica cerifera ♦ Myrica Gale ♦ Myrica pensylvanica. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
myrica cerifera | 10 |
myrica pensylvanica | 8 |
myrica | 5 |
californica myrica | 5 |
gale myrica | 4 |
myrica pennsylvanica | 3 |
myrica pennsylvania | 2 |
fujitsu myrica | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Myrica"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Danish | krat bestaaende af Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Dutch | struweel met Gagel (thicket of Myrica gale), Gagelstruweel (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
French | fourré à Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
German | Busch mit Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | θαμνώνας με Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | perticaia di Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale), perticaia di cespugli di mirto (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yricamay moita de Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) matorral de Myrica gale (thicket of Myrica gale). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "Myrica": myricas. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Myrica" (pronounced 'My*ri"ca'): Anasarca, Arctisca, Areca, Asarabacca, Attacca, Baraca, Barranca, Bibliotheca, Bocca, Chachalaca, Chica, Cloaca, Coca, Cuca, Dactylotheca, Fistuca, Formica, Glyptotheca, Gnathotheca, Hierotheca, Hippobosca, Inca, Lactuca, Lectica, lorica, malacca, Manca, Mattowacca, Mesotheca, mica, Mollusca, Musca, Noctiluca, Oca, Ootheca, paca, Pataca, Perca, Phoca, Phytolacca, Pica, Pinacotheca, Plica, Podotheca, Polacca, Portulaca, Postfurca, Quica, Raca, Rhamphotheca. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-i-m-r-y" | |
-1 letter: cymar, micra. | |
-2 letters: airy, amir, army, cram, cyma, mair, marc, mica, miry, racy, rami, rimy. | |
-3 letters: aim, air, ami, arc, arm, cam, car, cay, cry, icy, mac, mar, may, mir, ram, ray, ria, rim, rya, yam, yar. | |
-4 letters: ai, am, ar, ay, ma, mi, my, ya. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-i-m-r-y" | |
+1 letter: myricas, primacy. | |
+2 letters: acrimony, arythmic, cramoisy, creamily, miscarry. | |
+3 letters: acronymic, cherimoya, chirimoya, formicary, machinery, mydriatic, myocardia, sympatric, timocracy. | |
+4 letters: acidimetry, acrylamide, arrhythmic, asymmetric, charmingly, cherimoyas, chirimoyas, chiromancy, commissary, craniotomy, criminally, cycloramic, hermatypic, hypermanic, immoderacy, importancy, innumeracy, kerygmatic, macrocytic, magistracy, matriarchy, matronymic, metrically, micropylar, mycorrhiza, mydriatics, myocardial, myocardium, patronymic, pyromaniac, rhythmical. | |
+5 letters: acrylamides, actinometry, aerodynamic, aromaticity, bathymetric, calorimetry, combinatory, comminatory, craniometry, criminality, cryptarithm, cryptogamic, cryptomeria, customarily, determinacy, dithyrambic, domiciliary, embracingly, empirically, gimcrackery, imprecatory, kymographic, macrocyclic, macrophytic, maledictory, masticatory, matronymics, mercenarily, mercurially, meritocracy, miscarrying, moronically, motorically, muscularity, mycorrhizae, mycorrhizal, mycorrhizas, myocarditis, numerically, oneiromancy, ovariectomy, patronymics, pyramidical, pyromancies, pyromaniacs, screamingly, symmetrical, symposiarch, thermically, tragicomedy. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 79 72 69 63 61 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- -.--. .-. .. -.-. .- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01111001 01110010 01101001 01100011 01100001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M y r i c a |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0079 0072 0069 0063 0061 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)479184756967 |
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