Definition of Myrrhis

1. Noun. European perennial herbs having pinnate leaves and umbels of white flowers.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Myrrhis

Myristicaceae
Myrmecia
Myrmecobius
Myrmecobius fasciatus
Myrmecophaga
Myrmecophaga jubata
Myrmecophagidae
Myrmeleon
Myrmeleontidae
Myrmidon
Myroxylon balsamum
Myroxylon balsamum pereirae
Myroxylon pereirae
Myroxylon toluiferum
Myrrhis (current term)
Myrrhis odorata
Myrsinaceae
Myrsine
Myrtaceae
Myrtales
Myrtillocactus
Myrtillocactus geometrizans
Myrtle
Myrtus
Myrtus communis
Mysidacea
Mysidae
Mysis
Mysoline

Literary usage of Myrrhis

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1735)
"Myrrhis ; Sweet Cicely. The Characters are ; if it an ... Myrrhis ; magno femine, longo fn!cata. JB Sweet Cicely, tr Vol.. II. The Species are ; Great Sweet ..."

2. The British Journal of Homoeopathy edited by John James Drysdale, Robert Ellis Dudgeon, Richard Hughes, John Rutherfurd Russell (1875)
"According to Pliny, the myrrhis closely resembles common hemlock, ... The plant thus named by the ancients is the Myrrhis odorata of the moderns, ..."

3. The Gardeners Dictionary: Containing the Methods of Cultivating and ...by Philip Miller by Philip Miller (1754)
"This retains its Leaves through the Winter. Myrrhis, Sweet Cicely. ... Myrrhis magna femine longo falcate. JB Sweet Cicely, or Great ..."

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