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myr·tle \ˈmər]d.əl, ˈmə̄], ]təl\ noun (-s) Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mirtille, from Middle French mirtille, myrtille, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin myrtus, murtus, from Greek myrtos, probably of Semitic origin; akin to the source of Greek myrrha myrrh — more at myrrh 1. : any of various plants of the family Myrtaceae; especially : a European shrub (Myrtus communis) having ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves and solitary axillary white or rosy flowers followed by black berries 2. a. : periwinkle 1a b. : california laurel c. : moneywort 3. or myrtle green a. : a variable color averaging a moderate green that is yellower and deeper than sea green (sense 1a) or laurel green (sense 1) b. : a dark grayish green to dark bluish green — called also Baltic [myrtle 1a] |