crape myrtle
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editcrape myrtle (plural crape myrtles)
- Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.
- 2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 263:
- Olive cared for a stand of crape myrtles in her backyard because she delighted in butterflies and blossoms.