Meanings
plural myrteta
- A myrtle grove.
While in today's English gardens the rhododendron is more frequently found than the myrtle, The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew already at the time of the herbalist William Turner (c. 1510-1568) included a myrtetum […]
1971, Charlotte F. Otten, The Herbal Tradition in the Poetry of John Milton, page 118
Origin
- Latinmyrtētum
- Englishmyrtetum
From Latin myrtētum.
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