myrtle

myrtle

See also: Myrtle

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈmɜːtəl/
• (US) enPR: mûrʹtəl, IPA^(key): /ˈmɝtəl/, [ˈmɝtᵊɫ]
• Rhymes: -ɜː(r)təl

Noun

myrtle (plural myrtles)

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

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bog myrtle (Myrica gale)
• common myrtle (Myrtus communis)
• crape myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)
• creeping myrtle (Vinca minor)
• crêpe myrtle, crepe myrtle (Lagerstroemia spp.)

• myrtle warbler (Setophaga coronata coronata)
• myrtle wax
• rose myrtle (Rhodomyrtus tomentosa)
• Saharan myrtle (Myrtus nivellei)

• sand myrtle, sand myrtle (Kalmia buxifolia)
• true myrtle (Myrtus communis)
• wax myrtle (Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera))

Translations

evergreen shrub

Arabic: آس‎ (ar) m (ʾās) Catalan: murta (ca) f Czech: myrta (cs) f Danish: myrte Finnish: myrtti (fi) French: myrte (fr) Galician: murteira f, murta f, silvarda f, lundio (gl) m German: Myrte (de) f Greek: Ancient: μυρσίνη f (mursínē) Hawaiian: mā'kala Hebrew: הֲדַס‎ (he) Hungarian: mirtusz (hu) Italian: mirto m Japanese: please add this translation if you can

Kurdish: Sorani: مۆرت‎ (ku) (mort) Latin: myrtus f Norwegian: myrte Persian: مورد‎ (fa) (murd), مور‎ (fa) (mur) (archaic) Polish: mirt (pl) m Portuguese: murta (pt) f, mirto (pt) m Romanian: mirt (ro) m Russian: мирт (ru) m (mirt) Spanish: arrayán (es) f, murta (es) f, mirto (es) m Swahili: mhadasi Swedish: myrten (sv) Tagalog: mirto Turkish: mersin (tr)

References

• “myrtle” in the Collins English Dictionary, Glasgow: HarperCollins Publishers.

Anagrams

• termly