Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - myrtle
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Myrtle
myrtle
noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English mirtille, from Anglo-French, from Medieval Latin myrtillus, from Latin myrtus, from Greek myrtos Date: 1562 1. a. a common evergreen bushy shrub (Myrtus communis of the family Myrtaceae, the ~ family) of southern Europe with oval to lance-shaped shiny leaves, fragrant white or rosy flowers, and black berries b. any of the chiefly tropical shrubs or trees comprising the ~ family 2. a. periwinkle I,1a b. California laurel
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n. 1 an evergreen shrub of the genus Myrtus with aromatic foliage and white flowers, esp. M. communis, bearing purple-black ovoid berries. 2 US = PERIWINKLE(1). Etymology: ME f. med.L myrtilla, -us dimin. of L myrta, myrtus f. Gk murtos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) мирт (Myrtus) 2) калифорнийский лавр, умбеллюлария калифорнийская (Umbellularia californica) – barren myrtle – beech myrtle – bog myrtle – Chinese myrtle – crape myrtle – creeping myrtle – downy myrtle – Dutch myrtle – Oregon myrtle – rose myrtle – running myrtle – sand myrtle – southern wax myrtle – turpentine myrtle – wax myrtle – white myrtle – wood myrtle ...Англо-русский Русско-английский биологический словарь
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- 1392, from O.Fr. mirtile, from M.L. myrtilus, dim. of myrtus "myrtle tree," from Gk. myrtos, from same Sem. source as Gk. myrrha (see myrrh). MYSELF - O.E., altered from meself on analogy of herself, with her- felt as gen.; though analogous hisself remains bad form. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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