Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun myrtle

2 senses of myrtle

Sense 1
myrtle, Vinca minor -- (widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers)
       => periwinkle -- (chiefly trailing poisonous plants with blue flowers)

Sense 2
myrtle -- (any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus)
       => angiospermous tree, flowering tree -- (any tree having seeds and ovules contained in the ovary)