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nounwidely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
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nounany evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtustype of:
Definition that contains myrtle
- myrciaria a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
- bayberry tallow a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
- genus syzygium a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere
- pyinma relatively hard durable timber from the Queen's crape myrtle; light reddish brown, smooth and lustrous
- bayberry wax a fragrant green wax obtained from the wax myrtle and used in making candles
- leiophyllum one species: sand myrtle
- syzygium a tropical evergreen tree of the myrtle family native to the East Indies but cultivated elsewhere
- genus leiophyllum one species: sand myrtle
- myrcia a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family
- genus myrciaria a genus of tropical American trees and shrubs of the myrtle family