myrtle
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See also: Myrtle
Etymology
From Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈmɜːtl̩/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) enPR: mûrʹtəl, IPA(key): /ˈmɝtl̩/, [ˈmɝtɫ̩], [ˈmɝɾɫ̩]
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)təl
Noun
myrtle (plural myrtles)
- An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
- Cyrilla spp.
- a dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
- myrtle:
Derived terms
- bog-myrtle
- bog myrtle (Myrica gale)
- common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
- crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
- creeping myrtle (Vinca minor)
- crêpe myrtle, crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
- Jew's myrtle
- lemon myrtle
- myrtle beech (Nothofagus cunninghamii)
- myrtle of the river
- myrtle rust
- myrtle warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)
- myrtle wax
- native myrtle
- Oregon myrtle
- rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
- Saharan myrtle (Myrtus nivellei)
- salt-myrtle
- salt myrtle
- sand myrtle, sand myrtle (Kalmia buxifolia)
- sea-myrtle
- sea myrtle
- strawberry myrtle
- Tasmanian myrtle
- true myrtle (Myrtus communis)
- wax myrtle (Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera))
Translations
evergreen shrub
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References
- “myrtle”, in Collins English Dictionary.
Anagrams
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