Myrtle meaning

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Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, an aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean region, having white flowers and blue-black berries and widely cultivated as a hedge plant.
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Any of several other evergreen shrubs or trees, such as the wax myrtle.
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The periwinkle Vinca minor.
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Any of a genus (Myrtus) of plants of the myrtle family, with evergreen leaves, white or pinkish flowers, and dark, fragrant berries.
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Any of various other plants, as the periwinkle and the California laurel.
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Designating a family (Myrtaceae, order Myrtales) of dicotyledonous, evergreen trees and shrubs, including eucalyptus, guava, clove, and blue gum.
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A feminine name.
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An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
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A female given name.
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Origin of myrtle

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

Sentence Examples

  • The vegetation of the subregion is rich in shrubs: myrtle, bay, Cistus, Pistacia, A rbz;tus, heaths in its western portion, and the ground-palm (Chamaerops).

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

  • 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.

  • On the 16th of the month Maimacterion, a long procession, headed by a trumpeter playing a warlike air, set out for the graves; wagons decked with myrtle and garlands of flowers followed, young men (who must be of free birth) carried jars of wine, milk, oil and perfumes; next came the black bull destined for the sacrifice, the rear being brought up by the archon, who wore the purple robe of the general, a naked sword in one hand, in the other an urn.

  • When undisturbed by cultivation, the myrtle, arbutus, bay and ilex form a rich brushwood and the minor flora of the island is extensive.

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