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blue myrtle
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Origin of blue myrtle
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Words nearby blue myrtle
blue moon, blue mould, Blue Mountains, blue mud, blue murder, blue myrtle, blueness, Blue Nile, blue norther, bluenose, blue note
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How to use blue myrtle in a sentence
A good rule; but I was always unruly, and that blue myrtle is my favorite flower.
Ginger-Snaps|Fanny FernBlue myrtle (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus) is a California species, sometimes called wild lilac or blue blossoms.
American Forest Trees|Henry H. GibsonIt is known in some localities as "blue myrtle," and in others as "blue-blossom."
The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits|Mary Elizabeth ParsonsIs the blue myrtle sprig often the graves holding up its leaves, Amandy?
Rose of Old Harpeth|Maria Thompson Daviess