myrtle

English - Turkish

Definition of myrtle in English Turkish dictionary: (Tıp) mirtle; mersin ağacı; küçük Cezayir menekşesi; (isim) mersin; {i} mersin; Myrtus communis; i., bot. mersin; Vinca minor
crepe myrtle: krep mersin

English - English

Definition of myrtle in English English dictionary: A female given name
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.; An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa; {n} a fragrant kind of shrub or tree; from the English noun myrtle; Multi-Year Return Tidal Level Equipment; The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning; widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus; A species of the genus Myrtus, especially Myrtus communis; Henna Herb; It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several-seeded berries; (Myrtus) A shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers and aromatic berries Used as an emblem of love and anciently held sacred to Venus Two varieties were cultivated, differing in leaf and berry An early definition exhorted that "the berry makes sweet candle-wax for a lady's chambers "; Wife of Vernon and daughter of the sheriff who was at the sheriff's home when Jason Compson came to seek the sheriff's assistance in tracking down his niece who had stolen money from him in The Sound and the Fury; The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high; a small tree with shiny green leaves and white flowers that smell nice (mirtille, from myrtus, from myrtos). Any of the evergreen shrubs in the genus Myrtus (family Myrtaceae). Authorities differ widely over the number of species included; most occur in South America, while some are found in Australia and New Zealand. Common myrtle (M. communis) is native to the Mediterranean and the Middle East and is cultivated in southern England and the warmer portions of North America. Other plants known as myrtle include the mountain laurel and periwinkle. The family Myrtaceae, commonly called the myrtle family, includes the plants that produce the spices allspice and cloves, and the genus Eucalyptus. See also crape myrtle; widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers; plant, sacred to Venus; Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves; The ancients considered it sacred to Venus; {i} evergreen shrub with white or pink flowers and dark berries that is native to warm climates (i.e. the Mediterranean, western Asia, South America, etc.); any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
myrtle beech: large evergreen tree of Tasmania
myrtle oak: small evergreen shrub or tree of southeastern United States; often forms almost impenetrable thickets in sandy coastal areas
myrtle warbler: similar to Audubon's warbler
crape myrtle: Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms
wax myrtle: An evergreen bayberry, especially the common Myrica cerifera of the southern U.S. The wax covering its nutlets is used for making scented candles
wax-myrtle: Alternative spelling of wax myrtle
bay myrtle: evergreen aromatic shrubby tree of southeastern United States having small hard berries thickly coated with white wax used for candles
bog myrtle: perennial plant of Europe and America having racemes of white or purplish flowers and intensely bitter trifoliate leaves; often rooting at water margin and spreading across the surface
common myrtle: European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
crape myrtle: ornamental shrub from eastern India commonly planted in the southern United States
crape myrtle: A deciduous shrub (Lagerstroemia indica) native to China and widely cultivated in warm regions for its showy clusters of variously colored flowers with crinkled petals. Shrub (Lagerstroemia indica) of the loosestrife family, native to China and other tropical and subtropical countries and widely grown in warm regions for its flowers. About 25 varieties are cultivated, known primarily by the color of their clustered flowers, which range from white to pink, red, lavender, and bluish
crepe myrtle: Variant of crape myrtle
myrtles: plural of myrtle
queen's crape myrtle: native to Asia, Australia, and East Indies, where it provides timber called pyinma; used elsewhere as an ornamental for its large showy flowers
sand myrtle: low-growing evergreen shrub of New Jersey to Florida grown for its many white star-shaped flowers and glossy foliage
wax myrtle: any shrub or small tree of the genus Myrica with aromatic foliage and small wax-coated berries
wax myrtle: An evergreen shrub (Myrica cerifera) of the southeast United States, having usually serrate leaves and small berrylike fruit with a waxy coating