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MYRTUS COMMUNIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Myrtus communis mean?
• MYRTUS COMMUNIS (noun)
The noun MYRTUS COMMUNIS has 1 sense:
1. European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
Familiarity information: MYRTUS COMMUNIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
European shrub with white or rosy flowers followed by black berries
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
common myrtle; Myrtus communis
Hypernyms ("Myrtus communis" is a kind of...):
myrtle (any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus)
Holonyms ("Myrtus communis" is a member of...):
genus Myrtus; Myrtus (type genus of the Myrtaceae)
Context examples
The essential oil of Myrtus communis.
(Myrtle Leaf Oil, NCI Thesaurus)
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