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# myrtle

«myrtle» in Mova's school dictionary: **an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (myrtles)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A myrtle is an evergreen shrub with shiny leaves and small white or pink flowers, often grown in gardens. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrtle/#m1)

2) (old use) In old stories the myrtle was a plant sacred to love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrtle/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in stories a garden plant named among flowers and trees; in the lessons it is just a plant name

### examples

- Her favourite plants were the myrtle and the rose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrtle/#x1)
- The myrtle branch was carried as a sign of peace. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrtle/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «myrtle» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/myrtle/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.