myrtles


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.

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