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- [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
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