Definitions for myrtles

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myrtles myr·tle

Spelling: [mur-tl]

IPA: /ˈmɜr tl/

Myrtles is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 167 anagrams from letters in myrtles (elmrsty).

Definitions for myrtles

noun

1. any plant of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and aromatic berries: anciently held sacred to Venus and used as an emblem of love. Compare myrtle family.
2. any of certain unrelated plants, as the periwinkle, Vinca minor, and California laurel, Umbellularia californica.
3. Also called myrtlewood [mur-tl-woo d] /ˈmɜr tlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA). the hard, golden-brown wood of the California laurel.
4. Also called myrtle green. dark green with bluish tinge.
5. a female given name.
6. any plant of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and aromatic berries: anciently held sacred to Venus and used as an emblem of love. Compare myrtle family.
7. any of certain unrelated plants, as the periwinkle, Vinca minor, and California laurel, Umbellularia californica.
8. Also called myrtlewood [mur-tl-woo d] /ˈmɜr tlˌwʊd/ (Show IPA). the hard, golden-brown wood of the California laurel.
9. Also called myrtle green. dark green with bluish tinge.
10. a female given name.

Origin of myrtles

1350-1400; Middle English mirtile Medieval Latin myrtillus, equivalent to Latin myrt(us) (Greek mýrtos) + New Latin -illus diminutive suffix

Examples for myrtles

Her favourite plants were the myrtle, apple-tree, rose, and poppy.

In 1987, myrtle Young came on The Tonight Show to show off her rare collection of potato chips.

So speaks he, and shrouds his brows with his mother's myrtle.

Until then she was very respectfully his friend, myrtle Musgrove.

myrtle Beach Tea Party leader Joe Dugan was one of those who said his attention is elsewhere.

Say, myrtle, on the dead, he spends money just like a young Jew trying to be white!

By a wide margin, he came across as the least scary, least risky, most cautious choice on the stage at myrtle Beach.

Traffic up ahead on myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

You remember I feared the old superstition, and I went to—myrtle.

They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.

They were racing toward the corner of Tompkins and myrtle avenues with Johnson at the wheel when another call came over the radio.

Her favourite plants were the myrtle, apple-tree, rose, and poppy.

So speaks he, and shrouds his brows with his mother's myrtle.

You remember I feared the old superstition, and I went to—myrtle.

myrtle Beach Tea Party leader Joe Dugan was one of those who said his attention is elsewhere.

In 1987, myrtle Young came on The Tonight Show to show off her rare collection of potato chips.

Traffic up ahead on myrtle backed up, and Johnson began weaving in and out.

Say, myrtle, on the dead, he spends money just like a young Jew trying to be white!

By a wide margin, he came across as the least scary, least risky, most cautious choice on the stage at myrtle Beach.

Until then she was very respectfully his friend, myrtle Musgrove.