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myrtle

N ดอก เมอ เทิล  dok-mor-noen

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MYRTLE

n.[L. myrtus.] A plant of the genus Myrtus, of several species. The common myrtle rises with a shrubby upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close full head, closely garnished with oval lanceolate leaves. It has numerous small, pale flowers from the axillas, singly on each footstalk.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

MYRTLE

Myr "tle, n. Etym: [F. myrtil bilberry, prop. , a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. m.] (Bot. )

 

Defn: 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.

 

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. Bog myrtle, the sweet gale. -- Crape myrtle. See under Crape. -- Myrtle warbler (Zoöl.), 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.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

myrtle

myr tle |ˈmərtl ˈmərdl | ▶noun 1 an evergreen shrub that has glossy aromatic foliage and white flowers followed by purple-black oval berries. [Myrtus communis, family Myrtaceae (the myrtle family ). This family also includes several aromatic plants (clove, allspice ) and many characteristic Australian plants (eucalyptus trees, bottlebrushes ).] 2 the lesser periwinkle. [Vinca minor, family Apocynaceae. See periwinkle 1 . ] ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin myrtilla, myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrta, myrtus, from Greek murtos.

 

Myrtle Beach

Myr tle Beach |ˈmərtl ˌmərtl ˈbitʃ | a resort city in northeastern South Carolina, the hub of the part of the Atlantic coast that is called the Grand Strand; pop. 30,596 (est. 2008 ).

 

Oxford Dictionary

myrtle

myr ¦tle |ˈməːt (ə )l | ▶noun 1 an evergreen shrub which has glossy aromatic foliage and white flowers followed by purple-black oval berries. ●Myrtus communis, family Myrtaceae (the myrtle family ). This family also includes several aromatic plants (clove, allspice ) and many characteristic Australian plants (such as eucalyptus trees and bottlebrushes ). 2 N. Amer. the lesser periwinkle. ●Vinca minor, family Apocynaceae. See periwinkle 1 . ORIGIN late Middle English: from medieval Latin myrtilla, myrtillus, diminutive of Latin myrta, myrtus, from Greek murtos.

 

Myrtle Beach

Myr tle Beach |ˈmərtl ˌmərtl ˈbitʃ | a resort city in northeastern South Carolina, the hub of the part of the Atlantic coast that is called the Grand Strand; pop. 30,596 (est. 2008 ).

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

myrtle

myr tle /mə́ː r t (ə )l /名詞 C 〘植 〙1 ギンバイカ 〘白い花を付ける南ヨーロッパ産の常緑低木 〙.2 ｟米 ｠ヒメツルニチニチソウ 〘キョウチクトウ科の常緑のつる草; 花言葉は愛 〙.