common myrtle

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   European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries

   SynonymsMyrtus communis

   Broadermyrtle

   Part ofMyrtus

Questions about common myrtle

What does common myrtle mean?

common myrtle means "European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries".

What is another word for common myrtle?

Close synonyms include Myrtus communis. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is common myrtle a common word?

common myrtle is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.