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myrtle

Any of a group of Old World evergreen shrubs belonging to the myrtle family. The commonly cultivated Mediterranean myrtle (M. communis) has oval opposite leaves and white flowers followed by purple berries, all of which are fragrant. (Genus Myrtus, family Myrtaceae.)

The Oregon myrtle or California laurel (Umbellularia california) belongs to the laurel family. The wax myrtles (genus Myrica) of the US produce wax-covered nuts which are collected for candle making.
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16, 1910, in Brownsville, Texas, to John and Myrtus Jamerson Bishop.
OBITUARIES by The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)
Myrtus communis tarentina makes a compact informal hedge and needs only a light trim each spring.
Hedge your beds and enjoy a fine sight and some privacy by The Journal (Newcastle, England)
Myrtus 'Tarentina' is not only a compact little shrub with pungent white flowers from July to September, it is also evergreen and carries black, peppery berries into the winter.
IT'S LOVELYSHRUBBERY by South Wales Echo (Cardiff, Wales)
 
 
 
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