Definition of Myrtle
Myr´tle
Pronunciation:
mẽr´t'l
n.
1.
(Bot.)
A
species
of
the
genus
Myrtus
,
especially
Myrtus
communis
.
The
common
myrtle
has
a
shrubby
,
upright
stem
,
eight
or
ten
feet
high
.
Its
branches
form
a
close
,
full
head
,
thickly
covered
with
ovate
or
lanceolate
evergreen
leaves
.
It
has
solitary
axillary
white
or
rosy
flowers
,
followed
by
black
several-seeded
berries
.
The
ancients
considered
it
sacred
to
Venus
.
The
flowers
,
leaves
,
and
berries
are
used
variously
in
perfumery
and
as
a
condiment
,
and
the
beautifully
mottled
wood
is
used
in
turning
.
Bog myrtle
the
sweet
gale
.
Crape myrtle
See
under
Crape
.
Myrtle warbler
(Zool.)
a
North
American
wood
warbler
(
Dendroica
coronata
); -
called
also
myrtle bird
,
yellow-rumped warbler
,
and
yellow-crowned warbler
.
Myrtle wax
(Bot.)
See
Bayberry
tallow
,
under
Bayberry
.
Sand myrtle
a
low
,
branching
evergreen
shrub
(
Leiophyllum
buxifolium
),
growing
in
New
Jersey
and
southward
.
Wax myrtle
Myrica
cerifera
).
See
Bayberry
.
Related Words
angiospermous
tree
,
common
myrtle
,
flowering
tree
,
Myrtus
communis
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