myoporum

myoporum
/muy op"euhr euhm/, n.
any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Myoporum, chiefly of Australia and New Zealand, cultivated in warm regions as hedges or ornamentals.
[ < NL (1786) < Gk (ein) to shut (the eyes) + NL -porum, deriv. of LL porus PORE2, alluding to the spots on the leaves, suggesting closed pores]

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