myrtle

Etymology

From Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

noun

  1. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
  2. Cyrilla spp.

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