n 1  cap  :  a genus of Australian and East Indian trees and shrubs of the myrtle family (Myrtaceae) having numerous stamens in fascicles and including the cajeput (M. leucadendron)  2  :  any tree or shrub of the genus Melaleuca .
 
 
 
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