[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

myrtle \myr"tle\ m~er"t'l, n. f. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
   little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, l. myrtus, murtus, gr.
   my`rtos; cf. per. m=urd. bot.
   a species of the genus myrtus, especially myrtus
   communis. the common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem,
   eight or ten feet high. its branches form a close, full head,
   thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. it
   has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by
   black several-seeded berries. the ancients considered it
   sacred to venus. the flowers, leaves, and berries are used
   variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the
   beautifully mottled wood is used in turning.
   1913 webster

   note: the name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
         america to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
         periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. in the
         west indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
         myrtle.
         1913 webster

   bog myrtle, the sweet gale.

   crape myrtle. see under crape.

   myrtle warbler zool., a north american wood warbler
      dendroica coronata; -- called also myrtle bird,
      yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.

   myrtle wax. bot. see bayberry tallow, under bayberry.
      

   sand myrtle, a low, branching evergreen shrub leiophyllum
      buxifolium, growing in new jersey and southward.

   wax myrtle myrica cerifera. see bayberry.
      1913 webster
see also:
myrtus myrtus communis bog myrtle crape myrtle crape myrtle warbler 
dendroica coronata myrtle bird yellow-rumped warbler yellow-crowned warbler myrtle wax 
bayberry tallow bayberry sand myrtle leiophyllum buxifolium wax myrtle 
myrica cerifera 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bogbean \bogbean\ n.
   a perennial plant of europe and america menyanthes
   trifoliata having racemes of white or purplish flowers and
   intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at the
   water margin and spreading across the surface; -- called also
   bog myrtle, water shamrock and marsh trefoil.

   syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bog myrtle, marsh trefoil.
        wordnet 1.5
see also:
menyanthes trifoliata bog myrtle water shamrock marsh trefoil 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

bog \bog\ bo^g, n. ir.  gael. bog soft, tender, moist: cf.
   ir. bogach bog, moor, marsh, gael. bogan quagmire.
   1913 webster
   1. a quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable
      matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to
      sink; a marsh; a morass.
      1913 webster

            appalled with thoughts of bog, or caverned pit,
            of treacherous earth, subsiding where they tread.
                                                  --r. jago.
      1913 webster

   2. a little elevated spot or clump of earth, roots, and
      grass, in a marsh or swamp. local, u. s.
      1913 webster

   bog bean. see buck bean.

   bog bumper bump, to make a loud noise, bog blitter,
   bog bluiter, bog jumper, the bittern. prov.

   bog butter, a hydrocarbon of butterlike consistence found
      in the peat bogs of ireland.

   bog earth min., a soil composed for the most part of
      silex and partially decomposed vegetable fiber. --p. cyc.

   bog moss. bot. same as sphagnum.

   bog myrtle bot., the sweet gale.

   bog ore. min.
      a an ore of iron found in boggy or swampy land; a
          variety of brown iron ore, or limonite.
      b bog manganese, the hydrated peroxide of manganese.

   bog rush bot., any rush growing in bogs; saw grass.

   bog spavin. see under spavin.
      1913 webster
see also:
bog bean buck bean bog bumper bog blitter bog bluiter bog jumper 
bog butter bog earth bog moss sphagnum bog myrtle 
bog ore bog rush bog spavin spavin 

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

bog myrtle
     n : perennial plant of europe and america having racemes of
         white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate
         leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading
         across the surface syn: water shamrock, buckbean, bogbean,
          marsh trefoil, menyanthes trifoliata
see also:
water shamrock buckbean bogbean marsh trefoil menyanthes trifoliata 

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Crepe Myrtle >> C Words
Crepe Myrtle, definition of term: Crepe Myrtle
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Crape Myrtle >> C Words
Crape Myrtle, definition of term: Crape Myrtle
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