Myrtaceous \Myr*ta"ceous\, a. [L. myrtaceus.] (Bot.) Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large and important natural order of trees and shrubs ({Myrtace[ae]}), of which the myrtle is the type. It includes the genera {Eucalyptus}, {Pimenta}, {Lechythis}, and about seventy more.