myrtles

Noun

myrtle (plural myrtles)

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.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162
2. A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
3. (Australia) 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
4. A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.

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