myrtle

名词 myrtle:

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

1. The white flowers in the myrtle smell sweet.
   桃金娘上的白花闻起来很香。

myr.tle

n.（名词）
Any of several evergreen shrubs or trees of the genusMyrtus, especially M. communis, an aromatic shrub native to the Mediterranean region and western Asia, having pink or white flowers and blue-black berries and widely cultivated as a hedge plant.
桃金娘，番樱桃：几种桃金娘 属常绿灌木或树的任一种，尤指 香桃木 ，一种原产于地中海地区和西亚的芳香族灌木，有粉色或白色的花和深蓝色的浆果，而且作为一种树篱植物而被广泛栽培
See periwinkle 2
参见 periwinkle2

来源：
Middle English mirtille
中古英语 mirtille
from Old French
源自 古法语
from Medieval Latin myrtillus
源自 中世纪拉丁语 myrtillus
diminutive of Latin myrtus
拉丁语 myrtus的小后缀
from Greek murtos
源自 希腊语 murtos