Myrica \My*ri"ca\, n. [L., fr. Gr. ? tamarisk.] (Bot.) A widely dispersed genus of shrubs and trees, usually with aromatic foliage. It includes the bayberry or wax myrtle, the sweet gale, and the North American sweet fern, so called.
Myrica n : deciduous aromatic shrubs or small trees [syn: {genus Myrica}]