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Crepe myrtle   /kreɪp mˈərtəl/   Listen
Crepe myrtle

noun
1.
Ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States.  Synonyms: crape myrtle, crepe flower, Lagerstroemia indica.






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"Crepe myrtle" Quotes from Famous Books



... small community of superannuated pensioners upon the bounty of their former owners, Daddy was easily first citizen of Evergreen annex on Crepe Myrtle plantation, which is to say he was therein a personage of place and of privilege, coming and going at will, doing as he pleased, and as, with uplifted eye, he reverently boasted, "sponsible to nobody but Almighty Gord ...
— Daddy Do-Funny's Wisdom Jingles • Ruth McEnery Stuart

... Adeline is nearing ninety, she is still active, goes shopping and also tends to the many crepe myrtle bushes as well as many other flowers ...
— Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States - Volume II. Arkansas Narratives. Part I • Work Projects Administration



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