ˈmərd.əs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, myrtle — more at myrtle
: a genus of chiefly So. American shrubs (the type of the family Myrtaceae) having flowers with numerous ovules — see myrtle
ˈmərd.əs noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, myrtle — more at myrtle
: a genus of chiefly So. American shrubs (the type of the family Myrtaceae) having flowers with numerous ovules — see myrtle
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012