An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa. / Cyrilla spp.

plural of myrtle

A female given name from English.

(archaic) containing myrtle

plural of wax-myrtle

plural of crape myrtle

Any of the genus Lagerstroemia, family Lythraceae, shrubs or small trees, certain of which are ornamental, bearing big gaudy blooms.

plural of wax myrtle

An evergreen bayberry, especially Morella cerifera (syn. Myrica cerifera) of the southern U.S., the wax covering its nutlets being used for making scented candles.

Alternative spelling of wax myrtle