myrtle
/ˈmɝtl̩/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.34 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
noun
A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.
noun
A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.
Australian usage
name
A female given name from English.
Example Sentences
- "In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation."
- "[W]here the gullies are fringed with blackwoods, wattle, myrtles, musks and sassafras[.]"
- "Myrtle Hazard Lindsay walked up to the bust, and kissed its marble forehead, saying, "This is the face of my Guardian Angel!""
- ""My husband used to say that girls with flower names fade fast." It was Myrtle who said this one day, out of the blue, and for some reason it made them all go weak with laughter."
Etymology
From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈmɝtl̩/
- British English: /ˈmɜːtl̩/
Usage
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Derived Forms
Phrases
aniseed myrtle
bog myrtle
bog-myrtle
common myrtle
crape myrtle
creeping myrtle
crêpe myrtle
crepe myrtle