myrtle
/ˈmɜːtl̩//ˈmɝtl̩/
myrtle noun: an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
Noun
myrtle (plural myrtles)
- 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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162
- A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
- A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.
- [W]here the gullies are fringed with blackwoods, wattle, myrtles, musks and sassafras[.]1951, Ambrose Pratt, The Lore of the Lyrebird, Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, page 58
- A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
Proper noun capitalized: Myrtle
Myrtle
- 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!"1867, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr, chapter XXXIV, in The Guardian Angel
- "My husband used to say that girls with flower names fade fast." It was Myrtle who said this one day, out of the blue, and for some reason it made them all go weak with laughter.1993, Carol Shields, The Stone Diaries, page 318
myrtle meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
myrtle in Hindi
- मर्टल, मिर्टल
myrtle in Tamil
- புன்னை
myrtle in Marathi
- मर्टल, मिर्टल
myrtle in Urdu
- مرٹل
More languagesFewer languages
- myrtle in Bengali
- মেদিগাছ
- myrtle in Telugu
- మిర్టిల్, మర్టిల్, మిర్ట్ల్
- myrtle in Malayalam
- മിർട്ടൽ, മിർട്ടിൽ
- myrtle in Kannada
- ಮಿರ್ಟಲ್, ಮರ್ಟಲ್, ಮಿರ್ಟ್ಲ್
- myrtle in Punjabi
- ਮਹਿੰਦੀ mahindī
- myrtle in Gujarati
- મર્ટલ, મિર્ટલ
- myrtle in Odia
- ମିର୍ଟଲ, ମିର୍ଟଲ୍
- myrtle in Nepali
- मर्टल, मिर्टल
- myrtle in Pashto
- ماڼو māṇo
- myrtle in Tagalog
- mirto
- myrtle in Arabic
- آس ʔās, رَيْحَان rayḥān, مَرْسِين marsīn, قُمَام qumām
- myrtle in Malay
- as, murad
- myrtle in Persian
- مورد murd, مور mur
Examples of myrtle in a sentence
- Any plant that sprouts from the soil surrounding a myrtle coffin will begin producing large red berries.
- They include rosemary, bog myrtle (sweet gale), coriander, caraway, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, juniper, milfoil, mugwort and yarrow.
- He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.
Forms of myrtle
| plural | myrtles |
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Origin of myrtle
From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
After the plant, myrtle; used since the end of the 19th century.
Words formed from myrtle
- Myrtle Mountain
- aniseed myrtle
- bog myrtle
- bog-myrtle
- common myrtle
- crape myrtle
- creeping myrtle
- crêpe myrtle
- crepe myrtle
- Dutch myrtle
- Jew's myrtle
- lemon myrtle
- Myrtle Bank
- Myrtle Beach
- myrtle beech
- myrtled
- myrtlelike
- myrtle of the river
- Myrtle Park
- myrtle rust
- myrtle warbler
- myrtle wax
- native myrtle
- Oregon myrtle
- rose myrtle
- Saharan myrtle
- salt myrtle
- salt-myrtle
- sand myrtle
- sea myrtle
- sea-myrtle
- strawberry myrtle
- Tasmanian myrtle
- true myrtle
- wax myrtle
Phrases with myrtle
Words that rhyme with myrtle
Questions about myrtle
- What does myrtle mean?
- Myrtle means an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
- What is myrtle in Hindi?
- Myrtle in Hindi is मर्टल, मिर्टल. See Myrtle meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is myrtle?
- Myrtle can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce myrtle?
- Myrtle is pronounced /ˈmɜːtl̩/ (UK).
- What is the plural of myrtle?
- The plural of myrtle is myrtles.
Words near myrtle in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: myrtle (page history and authors); Myrtle (page history and authors); myrtle (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); myrtle (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); myrtle (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ਮਹਿੰਦੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); myrtle (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); myrtle (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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