MYRTLE as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
   Synonym(s)
   • Vinca minor (what does Vinca minor mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) myrtle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • periwinkle (what does periwinkle mean?)
2. Meaning
   • any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
   Hypernyms(s) myrtle is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • angiospermous tree (what does angiospermous tree mean?)
   • flowering tree (what does flowering tree mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • common myrtle (what does common myrtle mean?)
   • Myrtus communis (what does Myrtus communis mean?)