noun. Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, an aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean region, having white flowers and blue-black berries and widely cultivated as a hedge plant.

noun. Any of several other evergreen shrubs or trees, such as the wax myrtle.

noun. The periwinkle Vinca minor.

noun. The sweet-gale, Myrica Gale.

noun. A plant of the genus Myrtus, primarily M. communis, the classic and favorite common myrtle.

noun. A name of various similar plants of other genera of the myrtle family (Myrtaceæ), and of other families, many unrelated.

noun. A broad-leafed variety of the true myrtle.

noun. 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.

noun. the sweet gale.

noun. See under Crape.

noun. a North American wood warbler (Dendroica coronata); -- called also myrtle bird, yellow-rumped warbler, and yellow-crowned warbler.

noun. See Bayberry tallow, under Bayberry.

noun. a low, branching evergreen shrub (Leiophyllum buxifolium), growing in New Jersey and southward.

noun. (Myrica cerifera). See Bayberry.

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

noun. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers

noun. any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

"Pearls signify both tears and teeth; the latter are sometimes called hailstones, from their whiteness and moisture; the lips are cornelians or rubies; the gums, a pomegranate flower; the dark foliage of the myrtle is synonymous with the black hair of the beloved, or with the first down on the cheeks of puberty."

australian myrtle  barren myrtle  blue myrtle  bog-myrtle  bridal myrtle  

Saharan myrtle  common myrtle  crape myrtle  creeping myrtle  crepe myrtle  

periwinkle  

fertile  hurtle  infertile  mirtle  turtle  

acacia  arbutus  cypress  dogwood  hawthorn