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单词 myrtle
释义 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]
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