Myoporum
noun
My·op·o·rum
mīˈäpərəm
: a genus (the type of the family Myoporaceae) of mostly Australasian shrubs or trees that have small axillary white flowers with a 5-parted bell-shaped calyx see bastard sandalwood
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from myo- (from Greek myein to close—used of the lips and eyes) + -porum (from Greek poros pore)