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語源

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

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈmɜːtl̩/
• (General American) enPR: mûrʹtəl, IPA: /ˈmɝtl̩/, [ˈmɝtɫ̩], [ˈmɝɾɫ̩]
• 韻: -ɜː(ɹ)təl

名詞

myrtle (plural myrtles)

1. An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
   • 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 162:

     In the Middle Ages pulverized myrtle leaves were applied to the body as a sexual stimulation.

2. Cyrilla species.
3. A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.

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派生語

参照

• “myrtle”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “myrtle”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “myrtle”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2016, →ISBN.

アナグラム

• termly