HyperDic: myrtle

English > 2 senses of the word *myrtle*:
NOUN	plant	myrtle, Vinca minor	widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
NOUN	plant	myrtle	any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

myrtle > pronunciation
Sounds	mer'tahl
Rhymes	abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl...

English > *myrtle*: 2 senses > noun 1, plant
Meaning	Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers.
Synonym	Vinca minor
Broader	periwinkle	chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers
Spanish	arrayán, mirto, murta
Catalan	murta, murtra

English > *myrtle*: 2 senses > noun 2, plant
Meaning	Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus.
Narrower	common myrtle, Myrtus communis	European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
Broader	angiospermous tree, flowering tree	Any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary
Spanish	arrayán, murta
Catalan	murta