myrtle
see also: Myrtle
Pronunciation
  • (British) IPA: /ˈmɜːtəl/
  • (America) enPR: mûrʹtəl, IPA: /ˈmɝtəl/, [ˈmɝtᵊɫ], [ˈmɝɾᵊɫ]
Noun

myrtle (plural myrtles)

  1. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
Translations
Myrtle
Proper noun
  1. A female given name.
    • 1867 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr: The Guardian Angel: Chapter XXXIV:
      Myrtle Hazard Lindsay walked up to the bust, and kissed its marble forehead, saying, "This is the face of my Guardian Angel!"
    • 1993 Carol Shields: The Stone Diaries: page 318:
      "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.



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