myrtle

noun4

1. •
   An evergreen shrub or small tree of the genus Myrtus, native to southern Europe and north Africa.
2. •
   A dark green shade that resembles the color of Myrtus leaves.
3. •
   (Australia) A tall evergreen Australian tree, Nothofagus cunninghamii, native to Victoria and Tasmania.

   • [W]here the gullies are fringed with blackwoods, wattle, myrtles, musks and sassafras[.] — 1951
4. •
   A small tree or tall shrub, Cyrilla racemiflora, native to temperate and tropical regions of the Americas.