Meaning
4 sensesAn evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
Myrte
миртmirt
миртmyrt
any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
(Australia)A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.
A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
Examples
9 sentencesCan myrtle be used in cooking?
He often brought myrtle for his classmates at school.
Mushrooms, strawberries, myrtle trees and so on come from the woods.
The guava tree belongs to the myrtle family and originated in tropical regions.
With cornel shrubs and many a prickly spear / of myrtle crowned, it chanced a mound was near.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myFrom Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
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Forms
plural: myrtlesSynonyms
1 synonyms- widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers:Vinca minor