† myrt-treen.

Forms: see myrt n. and tree n.; also Scottish pre-1700 myrtre.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrt n., tree n.

Etymology: < myrt n. + tree n.In manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible myrte tree occurs in several places as a variant reading for myrre tree (compare myrrh tree n.), translating classical Latin myrrha myrrh or related words: see e.g. quot. 1408 at myrrh tree n. Compare also quot. a1382 at myrtine adj.

Obsolete.

The European myrtle, Myrtus communis. Also (in full wild myrt-tree): butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus.

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myrt?a1200

myrt-treea1382

mirtusc1384

myrtine?a1450

myrtle tree1548

myrtle1562

nerte1585

Australian tea1728

Bencoolen tea1728

New Zealand tea1728

Scotch gale1795

Callistemon1814

manuka1832

myrtal1846

mangrove-myrtle1847

swamp tea tree1862

lid-flower1866

Barringtonia1871

tea-broom1872

kanuka1906

myrtle-of-the-river1919

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) 2 Esdras viii. 15 Braunchis of myrt tree [c1400 Trin. Dub. 66 myr; L. frondes myrti].

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) Is. xli. 19 I shal ȝyue in wildernesse ceder and thorne and myrt tree [a1425 Corpus Oxf. myrre; L. myrtum] and oliue tree.

?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Giii^v The myrtre and orange, by sey bankes doth growe.

a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. vii. (heading) Eneas..fand quene Dido in the myrtre schaw.

1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 60^v The Wild Myrte tre, which is called in Englishe bochers brome.

1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 73^v And in this point they [sc. women] are not vnlike vnto the Mirre Tree.

1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 365 The Mirt-tree, which craueth the same ground..that the mirtle tree,..as being a kinde of wilde mirtle tree.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	myrt-tree
释义	† myrt-treen. Forms: see myrt n. and tree n.; also Scottish pre-1700 myrtre. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: myrt n., tree n. Etymology: < myrt n. + tree n.In manuscripts of the Wycliffite Bible myrte tree occurs in several places as a variant reading for myrre tree (compare myrrh tree n.), translating classical Latin myrrha myrrh or related words: see e.g. quot. 1408 at myrrh tree n. Compare also quot. a1382 at myrtine adj. Obsolete. The European myrtle, Myrtus communis. Also (in full wild myrt-tree): butcher's broom, Ruscus aculeatus. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > trees and shrubs > tree or shrub groups > myrtles > [noun] myrt?a1200 myrt-treea1382 mirtusc1384 myrtine?a1450 myrtle tree1548 myrtle1562 nerte1585 Australian tea1728 Bencoolen tea1728 New Zealand tea1728 Scotch gale1795 Callistemon1814 manuka1832 myrtal1846 mangrove-myrtle1847 swamp tea tree1862 lid-flower1866 Barringtonia1871 tea-broom1872 kanuka1906 myrtle-of-the-river1919 a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) 2 Esdras viii. 15 Braunchis of myrt tree [c1400 Trin. Dub. 66 myr; L. frondes myrti]. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(1)) Is. xli. 19 I shal ȝyue in wildernesse ceder and thorne and myrt tree [a1425 Corpus Oxf. myrre; L. myrtum] and oliue tree. ?1518 A. Barclay tr. D. Mancinus Myrrour Good Maners sig. Giii^v The myrtre and orange, by sey bankes doth growe. a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) vi. vii. (heading) Eneas..fand quene Dido in the myrtre schaw. 1562 W. Turner 2nd Pt. Herball f. 60^v The Wild Myrte tre, which is called in Englishe bochers brome. 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. (new ed.) f. 73^v And in this point they [sc. women] are not vnlike vnto the Mirre Tree. 1600 R. Surflet tr. C. Estienne & J. Liébault Maison Rustique ii. liv. 365 The Mirt-tree, which craueth the same ground..that the mirtle tree,..as being a kinde of wilde mirtle tree. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.a1382
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