myrtle

nounattested in dialogue

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An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

noun

1
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.
2
A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
3
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[.]
4
A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.

Etymology

From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

Forms

plural: myrtles

my- · Relating to muscle Myers · A surname.Myra · A female given name originating as a coinage.

myrtle · An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

Myrtle · A female given name from English.myself · Me, as direct or indirect object the speaker as the object of…mysteries · a number of secret societies or cults

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