Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

bog myrtle

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.04 in modern English

Syllables: bog myr-tle
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"There was nothing of that luxuriance of blossom which had hitherto clothed the wood, for there were no hawthorns; but the bog-myrtle imparted its tender fragrance, and the caressing honeysuckle wound round many an ancient trunk, odours exhaling from every fairy-like tube—fit trumpets for the heralds of Titania."

Etymology

From bog + myrtle; plants with small evergreen leaves are often named after the myrtle.

Usage

Inflected Forms

bog myrtles (plural) bog-myrtle (alternative)

Synonyms

gale sweet gale water shamrock buckbean bogbean marsh trefoil menyanthes trifoliata

Questions

What does bog myrtle mean?: An herbal shrub with a strong, sweet resinous smell, Myrica gale, that grows in bogs, moors, fens and other wet, acidic environments.
Where does bog myrtle come from?: From bog + myrtle; plants with small evergreen leaves are often named after the myrtle.

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