crape myrtle

English

Crape myrtle

Alternative forms

• crêpe myrtle, crepe myrtle

Noun

crape myrtle (plural crape myrtles)

1. 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.

Translations

tree

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 紫薇 (zi² mei⁴)

  Mandarin: 紫薇 (zh) (zǐwēi, zǐwéi)

• Hawaiian: kāhili
• Indonesian: bungur (id)
• Italian: lagerstroemia f
• Javanese: bungur (jv)
• Malay: bungur
• Vietnamese: tử vi (vi)