Definition of Common myrtle

1. Noun. European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries.

Exact synonyms: Myrtus Communis
Group relationships: Genus Myrtus, Myrtus
Generic synonyms: Myrtle

Lexicographical Neighbors of Common Myrtle

common migraine
common milkwort
common minnow
common minnows
common mood
common moonseed
common moonwort
common morel
common morning glory
common mosquito
common mugwort
common mullein
common multiple
common multiples
common murre
common myrtle (current term)
common nail
common nails
common name
common names
common nardoo
common newt
common nightingale
common nightshade
common noun
common nouns
common nuisance
common nutcracker
common oak
common opossum

Literary usage of Common myrtle

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum: Or, The Trees and Shrubs of Britain by John Claudius Loudon (1838)
"... by grafting them on the common myrtle. Per hap*, also, something might be done in the way of cross-fecundation between Л/у rtus, Psidium, ..."

2. Gardening for Ladies: And Companion to the Flower-garden by Loudon (Jane), Andrew Jackson Downing (1843)
"The common myrtle, M. communis, of which there are eight or ten very distinct varieties, ... The handsomest varieties of the common Myrtle are the Roman, ..."

3. A History of the Vegetable Kingdom: Embracing the Physiology of Plants, with by William Rhind (1857)
"The common myrtle (m. communia}, is a native of the South of Europe, ... There are several varieties of the common myrtle; as, the broad-leaved, box-leaved, ..."

4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"But the common Myrtle is most generally grown as a wall- shrub, and house walls could not ... There are many varieties of the common Myrtle, every one with ..."

5. Henderson's Handbook of Plants and General Horticulture \ by Peter Henderson (1910)
"The common Myrtle, M. communia, of which there are eight or ten very distinct varieties, ... The handsomest varieties of the common Myrtle are the Boman, ..."

6. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"But the common Myrtle is most generally grown as a wall- shrub, and house walls could not ... There arc many varieties of the common Myrtle, every one with ..."

7. The Trees of America: Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically by Daniel Jay Browne (1846)
"Milton places this tree in the bower of Eve. Propagation, Culture, fyc. All the varieties of the common myrtle are readily propagated by cuttings ..."

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