Meanings
nouncrape myrtle (plural crape myrtles)
plural crape myrtles · alternative crêpe myrtle
- Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.
Olive cared for a stand of crape myrtles in her backyard because she delighted in butterflies and blossoms.
2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 263
Synonyms & antonyms
nounornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
Similar
crepe myrtlecrepe flowerLagerstroemia indica
Also see
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Chinese Cantonese 紫薇
- 紫薇 (zi² mei⁴)tree
Chinese Mandarin 紫薇
- 紫薇 (zǐwēi, zǐwéi)tree
French myrte de crêpe, lilas des Indes
- myrte de crêpetree
- lilas des Indestree
German Kräuselmyrte
- Kräuselmyrtetree
Hawaiian kāhili
- kāhilitree
Indonesian bungur
- bungurtree
Italian lagerstroemia
- lagerstroemiatree
Malay bungur
- bungurtree
Russian лагерстрёмия
- лагерстрёмия (lagerstrjómija)tree
Turkish oya ağacı, Hint leylağı
- oya ağacıtree
- Hint leylağıtree
Vietnamese tử vi, bằng lăng
- tử vitree
- bằng lăngtree
- thao laotree
Cite this entry
APA
crape myrtle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crape%20myrtle
MLA
“crape myrtle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crape%20myrtle. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “crape myrtle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/crape%20myrtle.
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