myrtetum

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noun

A myrtle grove.

Scrabble 15

Meanings

nounmyrtetum (plural myrteta)

plural myrteta

  1. 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

  1. Latinmyrtētum
  2. Englishmyrtetum

From Latin myrtētum.

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Chicago

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