Associations to the word «Myrtle»

Wiktionary

MYRTLE, noun. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
MYRTLE, proper noun. A female given name.

Dictionary definition

MYRTLE, noun. Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers.
MYRTLE, noun. Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus.

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope