Myrtus - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: myrtusMyrtle
A species of the genus Myrtus especially Myrtus communis The common myrtle has a shrubby upright stem eight or ten feet high Its branches form a close full head thickly covered with ovate or lanceolate evergreen leaves It has solitary axillary white or rosy flowers followed by black several seeded berries The ancients considered it sacred to Venus The flowers leaves and berries are used variously in perfumery and as a condiment and the beautifully mottled wood is used in turning...
VerbarMyrcia
A large genus of tropical American trees and shrubs nearly related to the true myrtles Myrtus from which they differ in having very few seeds in each berry...
Myrtaceous
Of pertaining to or resembling a large and important natural family of trees and shrubs Myrtaceaelig of the order Myrtales of which the myrtle Myrtus is the type It includes the genera Eucalyptus Pimenta Lechythis and about seventy more...
Myrtus
The type genus of the Myrtaceae...
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