mīˈäpərəm noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from myo- (from Greek myein to close — used of the lips and eyes) + -porum (from Greek poros pore) — more at mystery , pore
: 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