Myrtle Definition

mûrtl
myrtles
noun
myrtles
Any of a genus (Myrtus) of plants of the myrtle family, with evergreen leaves, white or pinkish flowers, and dark, fragrant berries.
Webster's New World
Any of various other plants, as the periwinkle and the California laurel.
Webster's New World
The periwinkle Vinca minor.
American Heritage
A feminine name.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
  • Vinca minor
adjective
Designating a family (Myrtaceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous, evergreen trees and shrubs, including eucalyptus, guava, clove, and blue gum.
Webster's New World
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pronoun
A female given name.
Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Myrtle

Noun

Singular:
myrtle
Plural:
myrtles

Origin of Myrtle

  • Middle English mirtille from Old French from Medieval Latin myrtillus diminutive of Latin myrtus from Greek murtos

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • After the plant, myrtle, used since the end of the 19th century.

    From Wiktionary

Myrtle Sentence Examples

  • The weeping-willow, myrtle, elm, cypress and eucalyptus are also used in the gardens and plantations.

  • Myrtle Beach weddings can be beautiful and romantic.

  • As a chthonian divinity she is accompanied by a snake; the myrtle, asphodel and narcissus (which Persephone was gathering when carried off by Hades) also are sacred to her.

  • The sugar-cane flourishes, the cotton-plant ripens to perfection, date-trees are seen in the gardens, the rocks are clothed with the prickly-pear or Indian fig, the enclosures of the fields are formed by aloes and sometimes pomegranates, the liquorice-root grows wild, and the mastic, the myrtle and many varieties of oleander and cistus form the underwood of the natural forests of arbutus and evergreen oak.

  • This, however, is part of the historical romance of Compare the branch of myrtle at an Athenian feast (Aristoph., Nub., 1364).

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Words Starting With

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