■ noun
1》 an evergreen shrub with glossy aromatic foliage and white flowers followed by purple-black oval berries. [ Myrtus communis .]
2》 N. Amer. the lesser periwinkle. [ Vinca minor .]
Origin
ME: from med. L. myrtilla , myrtillus , dimin. of L. myrta , myrtus , from Gk murtos .