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Myrtle

//ˈmɜːtl̩// name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A female given name from English.

    "Myrtle Hazard Lindsay walked up to the bust, and kissed its marble forehead, saying, "This is the face of my Guardian Angel!""

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

    "In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation."

  2. 2
    widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers wordnet
  3. 3
    Cyrilla species.
  4. 4
    any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus wordnet
  5. 5
    A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.

Etymology

Etymology 1

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

Etymology 2

After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.

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