myrtle
Substantivin Dialogen belegt
- Vereinigtes Königreich//ˈmɜːtl̩//
- Vereinigte Staaten//ˈmɝtl̩//
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈmɝtɫ̩]/
- Vereinigte Staaten/[ˈmɝɾɫ̩]/
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
Substantiv
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An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation.
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A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
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A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.
[W]here the gullies are fringed with blackwoods, wattle, myrtles, musks and sassafras[.]
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A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
Herkunft
From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
Formen
- Plural
- myrtles
myrtle · An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
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