myrtle

5 definitions found

myrtle - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Periwinkle \Per"i*win`kle\, n. [OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr.
     L. pervinca.] (Bot.)
     A trailing herb of the genus Vinca.
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     Note: The common perwinkle (Vinca minor) has opposite
           evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in
           their axils. In America it is often miscalled myrtle.
           See under Myrtle.
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  Myrtle \Myr"tle\ (m[~e]r"t'l), n. [F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a
     little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr.
     my`rtos; cf. Per. m[=u]rd.] (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.
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     Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in
           America to two creeping plants, the blue-flowered
           periwinkle and the yellow-flowered moneywort. In the
           West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called
           myrtle.
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     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.
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myrtle - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  myrtle
      n 1: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny
           leaves and usually blue-violet flowers [syn: myrtle,
           Vinca minor]
      2: any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

myrtle - Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary :

  Myrtle
  (Isa. 41:19; Neh. 8:15; Zech. 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the
  East by the name _as_, the Myrtus communis of the botanist.
  "Although no myrtles are now found on the mount (of Olives),
  excepting in the gardens, yet they still exist in many of the
  glens about Jerusalem, where we have often seen its dark shining
  leaves and white flowers. There are many near Bethlehem and
  about Hebron, especially near Dewir Dan, the ancient Debir. It
  also sheds its fragrance on the sides of Carmel and of Tabor,
  and fringes the clefts of the Leontes in its course through
  Galilee. We meet with it all through Central Palestine"
  (Tristram).

myrtle - U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :

  Myrtle, MN (city, FIPS 44890)
    Location: 43.56318 N, 93.16288 W
    Population (1990): 72 (36 housing units)
    Area: 0.3 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Myrtle, MO
    Zip code(s): 65778
  Myrtle, MS (town, FIPS 50280)
    Location: 34.55928 N, 89.11581 W
    Population (1990): 358 (159 housing units)
    Area: 1.5 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 38650
  Myrtle, WV
    Zip code(s): 25670