myrtle

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Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

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Definition

  1. noun widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
  2. noun any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus

Etymology

From Middle English mirtille, from Old French mirtille, mirtile, from myrte, from Latin myrtillus, from myrtus + -illus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).

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Synonyms

Vinca minor

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