ˈmyrtle-tree
= myrtle 2 a and c. (Cf. myrt-tree.)
| 1548 Turner Names Herbes (E.D.S.) 54 Myrtus is called..in english a myrtle tree, or a myrt tree. 1590 Spenser F.Q. iii. v. 40. 1611 Cotgr., Meurte de Brabant, the sweet shrub Gaule, or sweet Willow; the Dutch Mirtle tree. 1611 Bible Isa. lv. 13 In stead of the brier shall come vp the Myrtle tree. 1748 Anson'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. 1849 Aytoun Poems, Scheik of Sinai v, Amidst the dark-green masses Of the flowering myrtle-trees. |