- any plant of the genus Myrtus, especially M. communis, a shrub of southern Europe having evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and aromatic berries: anciently held sacred to Venus and used as an emblem of love.
- any of certain unrelated plants, as the periwinkle, Vinca minor, and California laurel, Umbellularia californica.
- the hard, golden-brown wood of the California laurel.
- dark green with bluish tinge.
- a female given name.
- any evergreen shrub or tree of the myrtaceous genus Myrtus, esp M. communis, a S European shrub with pink or white flowers and aromatic blue-black berries
- short for crape myrtle
- bog myrtle
- creeping myrtle or trailing myrtle US and Canadian another name for periwinkle 2 (def. 1)
