myrtle
Plural: myrtles
Noun
- An evergreen shrub with fragrant leaves and white flowers.
- widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers
- any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus
- An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
- Cyrilla species.
- A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
Examples
- Placing MYRTLE across two double-letter scores proved to be a budding strategy.
Origin / Etymology
From Old French myrte, from Latin myrtus, from Ancient Greek μύρτος (múrtos, “myrtle”).
Synonyms
Vinca minor
Scrabble Score: 11
myrtle: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordmyrtle: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
myrtle: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 12
myrtle: valid Words With Friends Word