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How to use myrtle in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun

Myrtle means an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa. Example: “In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation.”

Examples of myrtle by meaning

nounAn 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

More sentences with myrtle

  • Any plant that sprouts from the soil surrounding a myrtle coffin will begin producing large red berries.2018, Robbie Arnott, Flames, Text Publishing, published 2023, page 56. From the entry native myrtle
  • They include rosemary, bog myrtle (sweet gale), coriander, caraway, nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, juniper, milfoil, mugwort and yarrow.2013, Encyclopaedia of Brewing. From the entry gruitbeer
  • He peers from the road to the woods, tangled with switchgrass and swamp myrtle.2011, Jesmyn Ward, Salvage the Bones, Bloomsbury (2017), page 35. From the entry switchgrass
  • Olive cared for a stand of crape myrtles in her backyard because she delighted in butterflies and blossoms.2018, Tayari Jones, An American Marriage, Oneworld Publications, page 263. From the entry crape myrtle
  • It was not bog myrtle at all, it was dwale.2014, Jenny Harper, Face the Wind and Fly. From the entry dwale
  • A putative love tonic was made from the water in which myrtle leaves and flowers had been steeped.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162. From the entry putative
  • At 5.85—A new wool Panama dress in all the preferred plain shades—Burgundy, myrtle green, navy blue, seal brown and black.1905 October 15, Filene’s, “The Fall Sale of Machine-Made Dresses Begins Tomorrow”, in The Boston Sunday Globe, volume LXVIII, number 107…. From the entry burgundy
  • When John-Paul Oliver reported his myrtle rust-infected ramarama tree to authorities, they sent him plastics bags and a wool fadge and told him to remove it himself.2018 April 14, Elton Rikihana Smallman, “Property owner copes with myrtle rust on his own”, in Stuff NZ. From the entry ramarama
  • The smell of the damp eucalypt palings that clad the walls exhaling their aromatic resin into the house, mingling with the fragrance of the myrtle burning in the fireplace.1997, Richard Flanagan, chapter 6, in The Sound of One Hand Clapping, New York: Grove Press, published 2014. From the entry paling
  • Remember, the imported chiffon finished, 52 inches, all wool French Broadcloths in red, wine, Burgundy, navy, myrtle, green, matelot, pearl gray, Chasseur green, mode, and black.1907 November 5, The Stewart Dry Goods Co, “Wednesday Specials”, in The Daily Review, last edition, 29th year, number 319, Decatur, Ill.…. From the entry burgundy

Meaning of myrtle

  1. noun An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
  2. noun A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
  3. noun A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.

Full definition of myrtle

Questions about myrtle in a sentence

How do you use myrtle in a sentence?
Myrtle is used as a noun. For example: “In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation.”
What is a short sentence with myrtle?
“It was not bog myrtle at all, it was dwale.”
What does myrtle mean?
Myrtle means an evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.

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