myrtle 
1. widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers (Freq. 1) • Syn: Vinca minor • Hypernyms: periwinkle 2. any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus • Hypernyms: angiospermous tree, flowering tree • Hyponyms: common myrtle, Myrtus communis
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