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myrtle 音标拼音: [m'ɚtəl] n. 桃金娘 桃金娘 myrtle n 1: widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue- violet flowers [ synonym: { myrtle}, { Vinca minor}] 2: any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus MyrtusPeriwinkle \ Per" i* win` kle\, n. [ OE. pervenke, AS. pervince, fr. L. pervinca.] ( Bot.) A trailing herb of the genus { Vinca}. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The common perwinkle ({ Vinca minor}) has opposite evergreen leaves and solitary blue or white flowers in their axils. In America it is often miscalled { myrtle}. See under { Myrtle}. [ 1913 Webster]
Myrtle \ Myr" tle\ ( m[~ e] r" t' l), n. [ F. myrtil bilberry, prop., a little myrtle, from myrte myrtle, L. myrtus, murtus, Gr. my` rtos; cf. Per. m[= u] rd.] ( Bot.) A species of the genus { Myrtus}, especially { Myrtus communis}. The common myrtle has a shrubby, upright stem, eight or ten feet high. Its branches form a close, full head, thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves. It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers, followed by black several- seeded berries. The ancients considered it sacred to Venus. The flowers, leaves, and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment, and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning. [ 1913 Webster] Note: The name is also popularly but wrongly applied in America to two creeping plants, the blue- flowered periwinkle and the yellow- flowered moneywort. In the West Indies several myrtaceous shrubs are called myrtle. [ 1913 Webster] { Bog myrtle}, the sweet gale. { Crape myrtle}. See under { Crape}. { Myrtle warbler} ( Zool.), a North American wood warbler ({ Dendroica coronata}); -- called also { myrtle bird}, { yellow- rumped warbler}, and { yellow- crowned warbler}. { Myrtle wax}. ( Bot.) See { Bayberry tallow}, under { Bayberry}. { Sand myrtle}, a low, branching evergreen shrub ({ Leiophyllum buxifolium}), growing in New Jersey and southward. { Wax myrtle} ({ Myrica cerifera}). See { Bayberry}. [ 1913 Webster] |
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