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myrtle

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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
myrtle/ˈmɜːtl/

▶noun

1 an evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic foliage and white flowers followed by purple-black oval berries. [Myrtus communis.]

2 N. Amer. the lesser periwinkle. [Vinca minor.]

– origin ME: from med. L. myrtilla, myrtillus, dimin. of L. myrta, myrtus, from Gk murtos.

'myrtle' also found in these Oxford entries:

allspice - bog myrtle - mortadella - myrtaceous - peppermint - sweet gale - wax myrtle

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