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Definition of Crape

Crape
Crape Crape (kr[=a]p), n. [F. cr[^e]pe, fr. L. crispus curled, crisped. See Crisp.] A thin, crimped stuff, made of raw silk gummed and twisted on the mill. Black crape is much used for mourning garments, also for the dress of some clergymen. A saint in crape is twice a saint in lawn. --Pope. Crape myrtle (Bot.), a very ornamental shrub (Lagerstr["o]mia Indica) from the East Indies, often planted in the Southern United States. Its foliage is like that of the myrtle, and the flower has wavy crisped petals. Oriental crape. See Canton crape.

Meaning of Crape from wikipedia

- crepe or ****e (from the French crêpe), is a silk, wool, or synthetic fiber fabric with a distinctively crisp and crimped appearance. The term "****e" typically...
- Lagerstroemia (/ˌleɪɡərˈstriːmiə/), commonly known as ****e myrtle (also spelled crepe myrtle or crêpe myrtle), is a genus of around 50 species of deciduous...
- months. Its timber is next only to teak in its strength. It is called Queen ****e myrtle as its flowers look like delicate crêpe paper. The Latin specific...
- Lagerstroemia indica, commonly known as a ****e myrtle (also crepe myrtle, crêpe myrtle, or crepeflower), is a species of flowering plant in the genus...
- Tabernaemontana divaricata, commonly called pinwheel flower, ****e jasmine, East India rosebay, and Nero's crown, is an evergreen shrub or small tree...
- × egolfii (usually given as Lagerstroemia indica × fauriei), the hybrid ****e myrtle, is an artificial hybrid species of flowering plant in the family...
- Cheilocostus speciosus, or crêpe ginger, is a species of flowering plant in the family Costaceae. Some botanists have now revived the synonym ****enia...
- known as Lagerstroemia ****e myrtle, ****e myrtle, crepe myrtle, ****emyrtle, crepemyrtle, giant ****e-myrtle, Queen's ****e-myrtle or banabá plant Melia...
- Southern magnolia (Magnolia grandiflora), Albizia julibrissin (mimosa), ****e Myrtle, and even the occasional Needle Palm are hardy landscape materials...
- (Coleoptera: Coccinellidea) on native arthropod predators on pecan and ****e myrtle" (PDF). Florida Entomologist. 90 (3): 524–536. doi:10...