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ˈmyrtle-tree
= myrtle 2 a and c. (Cf. myrt-tree.)
1548Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 54 Myrtus is called..in english a myrtle tree, or a myrt tree. 1590Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 40. 1611 Cotgr., Meurte de Brabant, the sweet shrub Gaule, or sweet Willow; the Dutch Mirtle tree. 1611Bible Isa. lv. 13 In stead of the brier shall come vp the Myrtle tree. 1748Anson's Voy. ii. i. 117 There are none of them of a size to yield any considerable timber, except the myrtle-trees which are the largest on the Island. 1849Aytoun Poems, Scheik of Sinai v, Amidst the dark-green masses Of the flowering myrtle-trees. |