blue myrtle
noun
Origin of blue myrtle
1An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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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
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